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No school today - Feb. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 1, 2021 - 8:04am

Bluffton schools are closed today, Monday, Feb. 1. The announcement was made on Ohio Alerts at 7:41 a.m.

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Time to enter the Icon Super Bowl contest

Deadline to enter is 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7 • Winner goes home with a pizza
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2021 - 8:13pm

Bluffton and Ada Icons invite viewers to enter the Icon Super Bowl contest.

Click here to enter
Persons may enter as often as they wish, but must use a different name with each new entry.

The deadline to enter is 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7. The Bluffton winner receives a 14-inch, 1-item Padrone's Pizza.

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Two Putnam County teams stop Bluffton boys

Grove over Bluffton girls
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2021 - 8:01pm

By Cort Reynolds
PANDORA - Visiting Bluffton went to BVC co-leader Pandora-Gilboa and lost a 59-39 non-conference boys basketball game Saturday night. 

P-G methodically outscored cold-shooting Bluffton in each quarter. They tallied 16 points in three of the four periods to win going away.

The Rockets were up 16-10 after the first quarter. The hosts extended the margin by three points to 27-18 at halftime. 

Their cushion was 43-30 heading to the final stanza. The Rockets out-pointed the Pirates 16-9 in the fourth period as well.

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Bluffton swimmers win quad and dual meets

Prepare for swimming sectional on Feb. 13
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2021 - 7:24pm

The Bluffton Swim Team wo a quad meet with Lima Central Catholic, Bath and Marion Local on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Lima YMCA. 

And, on Jan. 28, Bluffton won a dual meet with Lima Senior. Results of that meet are at the bottom of this story.

Quad meet on Jan. 22

The Bluffton girls 200 meter medley relay team took second place which consisted of Olivia Barnes, Ella Armstrong, Allison Diller, and Andrea Bourassa. 

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41 points - a new women's record

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2021 - 4:24pm

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)

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Forgotten Bluffton: Do you live on RR 1 or RR 2?

The story of rural mail delivery outside Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 31, 2021 - 2:06pm

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.”

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