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Kathy Burrus featured author at Thursday library's book signing

Bluffton Public Library hosts an author visit and book signing featuring Kathy Burrus  of rural Columbus Grove, with her new release “Lovely Traces of Hope!”

The event is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, on the main floor of the library at 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. Copies of the book will be available for purchase for $12.99. (Cash only, please.)

Saturday AM in Bluffton

It's a summer Saturday morning in Bluffton. The farmers' market is busy and people are walking, biking and shopping. Here's a Main Street view looking north from High Street with a zoom lens.

Funeral services incomplete for Albert Bauman

Albert F. Bauman, 100 died Sep, 7, 2016, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Boys' golf: Belcher's 38 is medalist in quad-match

Bluffton HS boys' golf team won a quad-meet on Sept. 6 at Bluffton defeating  Crestview, Paulding and Ada.

Final Team Scores:

Bluffton - 179
Paulding - 184
Crestview - 190
Ada - DQ due to not enough players

Medalist(s) - Aaron Belcher (Bluffton) - 38 and Caden Hurless (Crestview) - 38

Individual results are in the attachment below.

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Football: Turnovers doom Pirates at Van Buren

To succeed on the gridiron, a team must take care of the football and have a solid defense Bluffton High painted themselves in a corner Friday night with no way out. 

The Pirates turned the ball over three times and struggled to stop the Black Knight offensive attack.  The result was a 26-3 victory for Van Buren which evened both teams’ record at 1-1.

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Boys' soccer: Luke Young's goal enough to beat Wapak

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team scored in the second half and held on for 1-0 win over Wapakoneta Sept. 6 at Steinmetz Field in Bluffton.
 
In the 54th minute of the game Luke Young shot from the right side in a high arc which just cleared the goalkeeper to find the net.
 
Bluffton had 8 shots on goal to 3 shots on goal for the Redskins.
 
Goalkeepers for Wapak were Ross Burkart who had one save, and Noah Ritchie who had three saves

Bluffton’s keeper, Levi Smith, had two saves.
 
JV Game Result: Bluffton 1 Wapak 0.
 

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