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5 Pirate boys on 1st team All-NWC soccer; 11 earn All-NWC notice

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys soccer team placed five players on the Northwest Conference first team in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.

Pirate senior Isaiah Kohli was named the 2025 NWC Player of the Year as well.

He led Bluffton to a 3-0 NWC mark and a 5-9-3 overall record this fall. The Pirates are 49-0-0 all-time in league play with 11 NWC titles in 11 seasons.

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By Lainey Oswalt, Student Pharmacist, and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy

A Pew Research Center study found 90% of U.S. adults use smartphones, which translates to 293 million people. This number has more than doubled since 2011. The study recorded a 97% use of smartphones by adults age 18 to 29 years old. The Pew research reported that 15% of adults are smartphone dependent, meaning they do not subscribe to high-speed internet, but rely on their phones.

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MEDIA RELEASE__Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has launched online mammogram scheduling including services available at Bluffton Hospital.

This new digital feature allows patients to book mammogram appointments directly through the BVHS website, selecting the date, time, and location that best fit their schedule.

A screening mammogram can detect breast cancer in its earliest stages, when it’s most treatable. With BVHS’s new online scheduling system, patients can easily arrange their screening in minutes, helping ensure early detection doesn’t wait for a phone call.

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FROM FACEBOOK___The Bluffton Elementary PTO is holding a tote bag fundraiser with online ordering through October 28.

Pirate tote bags are available in three sizes, priced $55, $45 and $35.

The bags are made of easy-to-clean, rinsable, wipeable materials.

Turnaround time is 45-60 days (December 12-27). You will be contacted when orders have arrived in Bluffton and are ready for pickup. 

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FROM OCT 13 FACEBOOK__ A Letter to Our Allen County Community from your Allen County School Superintendents & Treasurers

Dear Allen County Residents,

As your local school superintendents and treasurers, we write to you not as politicians or advocates, but as fellow parents, community members, and stewards of the education system that defines the heart of Allen County. We share your frustration with rising property taxes. We, too, open those tax bills with concern. But today, we must share the complete picture of what's happening in our state – and what it means for the services we all depend on.

The Numbers Don't Lie: Ohio Has Shifted the Burden to You

Over the past two decades, our state lawmakers have made a choice. It wasn't a choice made in one dramatic moment, but through twenty years of gradual decisions that have fundamentally changed how Ohio funds education – and who pays the bill.

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A brilliant blue sky turned Buckeye Lake into a seemingly perfect mirror reflecting items near and far. Turn the image sideways to check out an alternate "ink blot test" perspective.

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