Alll BHS sports stories are from www.blufftonpirates.com
By Sam Brauen
For the second straight week, Bluffton traveled to a Blanchard Valley Conference opponent looking for a win. The result was not the same however as Van Buren dammed up running lanes and held the Pirate offense under 200 yards in a 35-12 victory. Both teams are now 1-1. Bluffton will get to play on their home field for the first time this coming Friday, hosting Ayersville.
The Bluffton University football team opened up the 2018 season at home against the College of Wooster under new Head Coach Aaron Krepps. It was the third meeting all-time between the schools with Wooster now a perfect 3-0. The Beavers rallied from 30 points down but fell just short in a 44-34 setback to the Fighting Scots.
The Armes Family Cancer Care Center, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, will host its Annual Leaf Ceremony on Tuesday, October 9 at 5 p.m. Community members are invited to honor cancer survivors and warriors through the purchase of personally inscribed leaves to display on the John & Mary DeHaven Healing Tree at The Armes Family Cancer Care Center. The 14-foot tall stainless steel healing tree is located in the Virginia B. Gardner Healing Garden outside of the center.
Pandora Bancshares Inc., the holding company of First National Bank of Pandora board of directors approved a two-for-one stock split for shareholders on record as of July 2, 2018. The stock split took place on July 16, 2018 and began trading at the new price on July 17, 2018.
Dr. Cynthia Bandish, English and language department chair at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “Coin Tricks: Economic Forces in Neil Gaiman’s Novels,” at 4 p.m. on Sept. 7 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Gaiman’s fantasy novels draw from fairy tales and mythologies “to create new stories of human interactions with other worldly beings,” said Bandish.
Recently, mosquitos examined by Hancock Public Health as part of the county-wide mosquito surveillance program have tested positive for West Nile virus. The presence of these virus-positive mosquitos calls for a reminder of what the West Nile virus is and how to prevent it.
The West Nile virus is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. It is not spread through coughing, sneezing or touching, nor through touching live animals.
