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Manage your diabetes with the ABCs

Posted by LizGH on November 17, 2019 - 6:00am

Note: this article is provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy.
If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel overwhelmed — and that’s understandable. But you can take steps to both ease your anxiety and get on the road to effective diabetes management.

Understand Your Condition

Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which there is too much glucose (sugar) in your blood because your body does not make or use insulin well.

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Several Beavers earn season-end honors

Posted by Icon K on November 16, 2019 - 6:00am

Season-end honors were earned by several Bluffton University fall sport athletes. Here’s a summary.

Men’s soccer

The Bluffton University men's soccer program saw two individuals recognized when the Heartland Conference handed out its 2019 post-season hardware. Sophomore Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) was named Second Team All-HCAC, the highest Heartland Conference honor for a men's soccer player since 2014.

Freshman keeper Tanner Newport (Hamilton, Va./Loudoun Valley) notched honorable mention recognition for his work in goal.

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Bluffton University
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Weekend doctor: Health benefits of laughter

Posted by LizGH on November 16, 2019 - 6:00am

By Gina Bailey, BSN, RN
Community Nurse Liaison
Bridge Home Health & Hospice
We all laugh because humor feels good and brings people together, but did you know it has many health benefits? Researchers have studied laughter, along with positive emotions, and found that laughter and lightheartedness can be a natural medicine for many conditions.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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Bonnie Hollar memorial services planned at a later date

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2019 - 5:05pm

Bonnie Lou Hollar, 85, died Nov. 15, 2019, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Bonnie was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Houcktown, Ohio, to the late Carson and Martha (Schnegg) Parish. On July 27, 1956, she married Billy Hollar who survives.  

Bonnie graduated from Bluffton High School and attended Bluffton College. She had worked as a switchboard operator for Ohio Bell Telephone Company in Lima and had also been a nurses' aide at Briar Field Nursing Home in Sylvania.   

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Obituaries
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Larry Burkhalter was a professional musician

Performed as a member of several orchestra across the U.S.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2019 - 4:58pm

N. Laurence Burkhalter, 99, died Oct. 15, 2019, at his retirement home in Bluffton Ohio.

Larry was born in Mussoorie, India, June 30, 1920. The only son of Mennonite missionaries, Larry graduated from Woodstock High School and went on for degrees in music from Bluffton College, Northwestern University, and Ohio State University. He married the late Holly Mosiman Burkhalter in 1943.

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Obituaries
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That's our Abbie

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2019 - 3:40pm

Abbie Parkins, Bluffton HS grad, is a member of the Bluffton University women's basketball team. The 5-8 junior is a guard on this year's team, which won its opening games eariler this week. (Marvin Foster photo)

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