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Media release from Allen County Sheriff's Office

November 7, 2024 

Lima Refining Company is responding to a release of gasoline vapors from a tank vent, which  contributed to benzene readings in an isolated area for a short time. Shawnee Township Fire  Department and EMA are on scene. 

As a precautionary measure, community members were asked to avoid Buckeye Road. That road has since been opened.  

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Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will provide Veterans Day ceremonies and activities on November 11, 2024.

7:45 a.m.,  Bluffton High School
Post 382 will hold a flag retirement (burning) ceremony. Commander Kurt Emans will speak to students about Veterans Day, and about activities for the day.

1:30 p.m., Mennonite Memorial Home 
Post members will meet the resident Veterans in the Chapel.

2:30 p.m. Maple Crest
Post members will meet the resident Veterans in the Patio room.

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Precinct B voters okay Sunday liquor sales request 

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Unofficial results have been posted by the Allen County Board of Elections for Village of Bluffton and Bluffton Precinct B ballot issues on the November 5, 2024 ballot. The proposed municipal income tax for funding Safety Services passed. A local option for Sunday liquor sales (D-6 permit) at 1861 Wine Lounge in Precinct B also passed.

Proposed Municipal Income Tax - Village of Bluffton 

  • For the Income Tax - 1,382 (72.66%)
  • Against the Income Tax - 520 (27.34%)

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Bluffton High School has issued the following first quarter Honor Roll for the 2024-2025 school year for grades 9-12.

9th Grade – All A

Owen Armstrong, Mallory Blackburn, Avery Boehm, Peighton Bowers, Toby Clevidence, Caleb Cockerham, Willow Derstine, Phoebe Edwards-Leeper, Levin Essinger, Xandra Gatchel, Sophie Gilroy, Tala Gipson, Emme Lee, Micah Lemley, Maelee Miller, Max Miller, Alexis Mummert, Ezra Nygaard, Elizabeth Phillips, Isabella Recker, Natalie Richards, Ella Roby, Lyla Schneck, Ethan Smith, Peyton Worcester

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By Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

On September 15, 1980, American rocker Pat Benatar released her single Hit Me With Your Best Shot. Eddie Schwartz, who wrote and produced the song, was inspired after he started using bioenergetics. His therapy was punching a pillow. Bioenergetics involves improving well-being while releasing blocked energy.  

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