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Challenged Champions Equestrian Center, 11913 Road 6, Ottawa, invites persons to volunteer for the fall session, now underway.

Volunteers are needed for classes held Mondays-Thursday evenings and Wednesday-Friday mornings. No horse experience is necessary.

For more infomation contact the volunteer coordinator at 419-235-0626.

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Matthew Spallinger, a 2013 graduate of Bluffton High School and a 2015 graduate of the University of  Rio Grande, took first place for his Highboy Dresser in the Case Goods category in the Association of Woodworking Furnishings & Suppliers (AWFS) Fresh Wood competition for North American students considering a career in woodworking held in Las Vegas.

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The following babies were born at Bluffton Hospital during July and August.

July 16
Charlee Marie Shoemaker, son of Christen and Brandon Shoemaker, Findlay.

July 18
Peter Albert Schulze, son of Andrew ad Rachel Schulze, Findlay.

July 22
Lilliauna Rose Perkins, daughter of Matthew Perkins and Natasha Lawless, Findlay.

July 23
Ezekiel Job Halker, son of Job and Jammie Halker, Columbus Grove.

July 27
David Emanuel Morales, son of Genrry J. and Herlinda Morales, Leipsic.

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Twenty years ago health care choices for seniors who were in need of care were somewhat limited to either a hospital stay or going to a nursing home. 

Kathy Rode, a nurse at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, saw that many of them could stay at home with just a little assistance.

“We wanted to offer a third option in the way of home health services, where nurses would make visits in people’s homes to help them recoup after surgeries or if they needed further assistance,” said Rode, who is the founding Director of Mennonite Home Health and Senior Services. 

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Bluffton Farmers’ Market customers buy lots of fresh produce from B & L Produce Farm, Cridersville.

This is the vendor’s seventh year at the market, according to Bret Bodine, who, with his wife, Lynn, come to Bluffton each Saturday.

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Leland and Joanne Voth celebrated 65 years of marriage on Sept. 2, 2015.  

Leland grew up in China where his parents were missionaries with the General Conference Mennonite Church and later lived in Newton, Kansas.  Joanne's home town is Bluffton. Joanne left Bluffton College for one year as an exchange student to Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. She later graduated from Bluffton College. In 1950 they were married in the First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

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