Bluffton High School's drama club presents "Born to be Wild," Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium.
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Ever wonder why your cat acts like he’s king of the world?
Or why flamingos stand on one leg?
Have you ever imagined what a spider would have to say to a fly just before devouring him, or what “small talk” sounds like when a cannibalistic female praying mantis goes on a date with a naïve male praying mantis?
Landon Cluts, Bluffton High School junior, is the October student of the month at BHS. He is the son of Kevin and Shelby Cluts, 252 S. Lawn Ave., and carries a 4.0 grade point average.
He is a member of Latin Club, National Honor Society, math club, orchestra, marching band, jazz band, show choir, pep band, men's chorus and academic team. He is also a member of his church youth group. He participates in soccer, tennis and summer swim team. He has recieved an award in Biology.
Brandon Huber is the winner of the Icon Week 2 College NLF football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge.
Huber, Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence all picked 11 games correctly. Bollenbacher was eliminated in Tie-Breaker 1 by picking Northwestern to lose 1-3 while the other two correctly picked Northwestern to lose 4-10. In Tie-Breaker 2 Clevidence picked Cincinnati to lose by 11 or more while Huber picked the Bengals to win by 1-3 (closer to the actual win of 18 points).
Blanchard Valley Health System OB/GYNs Dr. Allison Westcott and Dr. Kimberlee Perkins are now offering obstetrics and gynecology care in Bluffton. They are seeing patients at Bluffton Women’s Care, 559 Harmon Road, Bluffton, alongside Dr. Jacob Dagani and Certified Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Ulrich.
Dr. Westcott received her medical degree from The University of Toledo and completed an OB/GYN residency at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, South Carolina.
The employees at Mennonite Home Health and Senior Services are joining home health care providers across Ohio and the nation in marking November as National Home Care and Hospice Month.
“Home care allows patients to be cared for in the comfort of their own homes, regardless of their medical condition, so that they can be close to their loved ones,” said Kathy Rode R.N., Director of Mennonite Home Health and Senior Services.
Maple Crest did it again. It enticed the area's best pie bakers to show off their pie-baking skills during the Nov. 9 pie baking contest. Here's the results. (Watch for a video.)
Best of show
Coconut cream – Alice Leonard
Fruit pies
1st – Apple crisp – Becky Luginbill
2nd – Strawberry rhubarb – Teresa Schaub
3rd – Dutch Apple – Vickie Frysinger
