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Prom returns after a one-year absence

Is it possible we are getting back to normal?
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 12, 2021 - 10:43am

Bluffton High School's prom returns this weekend after a one-year absence.

It takes place from 8 to 11 p.m., Saturday, May 15, at Marbeck Center.

There will be a promenade through Founders Hall starting at approximately 7:40 p.m.

Following Bluffton University protocol there is a limit of 2 people allowed inside per student to watch the promenade, masks must be worn and social distancing followed.
 

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Pirate boys shut out by Wildcats

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 12, 2021 - 10:26am

By Cort Reynolds
VANLUE - The visiting Bluffton baseball team lost 9-0 to local non-league foe Vanlue in a makeup shutout Tuesday evening.

The loss dropped the Pirate record to 0-22 this spring. Vanlue improved to 3-13 with the win.

Vanlue out-hit Bluffton, 9-2.

Freshman Jacob Granger singled and senior Nic Essinger added a single to provide the two Bluffton hits.

Freshman Braeden Jordan started and pitched four innings for the Pirates. He struck out six and allowed eight hits. He also stole a base.

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Sports
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So, you think you know Bluffton? The answer

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 12, 2021 - 6:52am

So, you think you know Bluffton? This bird is on the main floor of Bluffton High school near the doorway between the old and new additions.

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Regional news
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Bluffton middle school update

All about virtual concerts, 8th grade idol competition, Lego League, Night at the Museum
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 11, 2021 - 3:20pm

By Joshua Kauffman,
Middle school principal
This column is reprinted in part from the spring school newsletter.
If there has ever been a year where we can all be grateful that we live in Bluffton and truly do come together as a village to ensure our students are taken care of by working together, this one has been it. .    

Since mid-year, our students have been hard at work despite the restrictions and limitations they have faced.

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Regional news
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Sharon Niswander worked at Kohl's and was a nurse's aide at Bluffton Hospital

She graduated from Cory-Rawson HS
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 11, 2021 - 2:49pm

Sharon Sue Niswander, 81, died May 10, 2021, at St. Catherine's Manor of Findlay.  Sharon was born Aug. 16, 1939, in Lancaster, Ohio, to the late Gould and Viola (Krogh) Ackerman. On Oct. 9, 1960, she married Edward Niswander who survives.

Sharon graduated from Cory-Rawson High School. She worked at Kohl's Distribution Center in Findlay. Sharon also worked as a nurse's aide at Bluffton Hospital and was bill of lading clerk at Gate's in Sherman, Texas. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, baking especially pies, cakes and cookies. 

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Obituaries
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Jerry Yoakam worked at McIntosh Industries and Cold Metal Products

He was a Bluffton HS graduate
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 11, 2021 - 2:45pm

Gerald "Jerry" Duane Yoakam, 84, died May 11, 2021, at Lima Memorial Health System.  Jerry was born Feb. 20, 193,7 in Bluffton to the late Jesse and Lillian (Kennel) Yoakam. On June 7, 1958 he married Rachel DeVier Yoakam who preceded him in death on Aug. 12, 2014.

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