Brianna Gillig scored 41 points for Bluffton University women on Friday. She shattered a 45-year mark originally set by Laurie Blough (1975-76), later Cheryl Althaus (1980-81) and by Jen Baer (2000-01). Bluffton defeated Manchester 85-68 moving to 11-1 overall. (University photo)
Does RR 1 or RR 2 mean anything to you? How about initials RFD?
Those last three initials stand for “rural free delivery.” And, prior to 1901 there was no rural delivery available of any type for persons living outside of the Bluffton village.
Here’s the story, of how rural free delivery arrived in Bluffton and the eventual creation of RR 1 and RR 2, Bluffton – what are those anyway?
Much of the details are from “The Town at the Fork of the Riley’s.”
Bluffton Area Ministerial Association is moving ahead with a Frontline Worker Outreach Project this winter, according to Rev. Karol Farris Schilling, pastor of Bluffton Presbyterian Church.
“Due to the stress and chaos resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, BAMA recognizes that many of our local frontline workers have felt overwhelmed and underappreciated,” she said, speaking for BAMA.
This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.
Traveling to the United States just got a little trickier.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that all air passengers who hope to enter the US will have to get a negative COVID-19 test first. This new rule starts on Jan. 26.
This requirement comes as the nation is in another surge of cases and potentially more contagious variants of the virus are emerging around the world, the CDC noted.
By Dr. Leah Eiden, Family Medicine
Bluffton Primary Care
“You’re getting the presidential treatment,” I told my professor friend who had COVID19. He was one of the first in this area to receive bamlanivimab, another weapon in our fight against COVID.
