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During  Community Banking Month CNB celebrate "Bank from Anywhere" Promotion

In honor of Community Banking Month, Citizens National Bank offers a “Bank from Anywhere” sweepstakes to its customers through April 30.

Each person who enrolls in a new online or mobile banking product, downloads a CNB CardValet app or enrolls a CNB card in their mobile wallet will be automatically entered to win a grand prize package including a $300 Great Wolf Lodge gift card or 1 of 4 luggage sets. 

Four charities benefit from this initiative

Melinda Bowden's PromoHits, Bluffton promotional products company, has committed to donating 5% of its total product sales from January-June 2019 to four local charities.

The initiative, PromoCares, provides the opportunity for local businesses that purchase products from PromoHits to designate which of the four charities they’d like to support.

There is no extra cost to the business – the donations solely come from profits PromoHits gains from the sale of its products.

They make all the difference

PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -

Elders, family members and staff nominated several Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) employees for LeadingAge Ohio STAR Awards. 

With the tagline, “You Make the Difference!” the STAR Awards are presented annually to create a moment of public recognition for front-line, non-management staff who care for our elderly population. 

STARS nominees, honored at an April 11 luncheon at Otterbein, St. Marys were:

Former Bluffton resident Eleanor Linden Thurston, 89, of Indianapolis, Indiana, died on April 18, 2019.

Born July 5, 1929, in Normal, Illinois to George W. Linden and Ruth (Lantz)
Linden. Ellie grew up in Bluffton, Ohio, and graduated from Bluffton High
School. She graduated from The College of Wooster, Ohio, and obtained her
master's in Occupational Therapy from Western Michigan University. As an
Occupational Therapist she helped polio patients in Durham, North Carolina
and Chicago, Illinois.

Bluffton High School junior Libby Schaadt won her 12th game of the season this week, pitching for the Piratae softball team. Bluffton is undefeated in the Northwest Conference, having already defeated prennial power Crestview. (Marvin Foster photo)

Proper cleaning and care of contact lenses may prevent eye infections and injury

Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University Healthwise Pharmacy.
Cleaning contact lenses incorrectly could have negative consequences for your health and vision.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers to be cautious when caring for their contact lenses. This is particularly important when using contact solution that contains hydrogen peroxide.

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