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Forgotten Bluffton: An artist's drawing of the village 60 years ago

Who would have imagined the growth of the village since that time?
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 7:21pm

What did Bluffton look like 60 years ago?

An artist’s rendition from 1961 examines that question more closely.

If you think nothing changes in Bluffton, think again. Here’s a bird’s-eye-view of Bluffton created 60 years ago, during the 1961 Bluffton centennial.

It shows the configuration of the village at that time.

The centennial committee also added the location of Bluffton’s first school house, a log grist mill, DeFord’s mill and the Townsend mill, which were among highlights of a centennial history tour.

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Made in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 1:39pm

Students in Todd Boblitt’s Bluffton High School Civil Engineering and Architecture class are installing a 12- by 16-foot storage building that class members designed. The building will be used to store equipment near the Ricky Matter Center. The class hand sketched ideas, designed the structure, 3D modeled, ran a cost analysis, surveyed the land, and is now constructing the shed. The shed is framed and members will continue finishing it over the next couple weeks. (Photos from BlufftonPirates.com Facebook)

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Bluffton school update

Graduation at Harmon Field on Saturday, May 29
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 1:26pm

By Greg Denecker
Bluffton school superintendent
Note: This is from the spring school district newsletter
As we approach the end of our very different school year, I want to wish a huge congratulations to the Class of 2021.

Obviously, the end of their junior year and their senior year (as a whole) has not been normal, but they have been resilient and flexible in facing the challenges brought on by the pandemic.

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Jack Hamel was an instructor at University of Northwestern Ohio

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2021 - 3:30pm

John "Jack" T. Hamel, 71, died May 5, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay.  Jack was born April 1, 1950, in Lima to the late Harold and Jeanette (Ricker) Hamel. On Dec. 9, 1972, he married Rebecca Walls Hamel who survives.

Jack was a 1968 graduate of Ft. Jennings High School. He graduated from Nashville Auto & Diesel College and then he received his bachelor's degree in vocational education from the University of Toledo. 

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The enduring forest

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2021 - 2:50pm

Ron Headings' exhibit of wire trees is on display this month at the Bluffton Public Library. He says he began creating wire trees as a teenager and has refined his work with wire, rock and wood over the years. Here are three samples of his forest.

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Pathway use count next week

27 volunteers counting walkers, joggers, bikers on Bluffton's pathway
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2021 - 2:18pm

Your appearance on one of Bluffton’s nine pathways next week will be counted.

Don’t worry about it. It’s part of an annual “use count” of the Bluffton pathways, taking place from Monday through Sunday, May 10 to 16..

This is the 10th year for the annual May and September Bluffton Use pathway count.

Each year the study shows the use of the Bluffton paths has increased,” said Dick Ramseyer, president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation and chair of the Bluffton pathway board.

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