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Denecker speaking at upcoming Lions club

Posted by LizGH on February 28, 2020 - 6:00am

Greg Denecker, superintendent, will speak to the Bluffton Lions Club on Tuesday, March 3, at noon, at town hall. He will be discussing the school district. Denecker is himself a lions club member.

The meeting will also include a 50/50 charity raffle drawing. As of the Feb. board meeting, 270 of 300 tickets were sold for this raffle.

Several additional Lions news items are part of the March club newsletter attached at the bottom of this story.

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How to grow onions and leeks

Topic for next gardener's club meeting on Tuesday
Posted by LizGH on February 28, 2020 - 6:00am

Amanda Wischmeyer from Little Riley Creek Farms will be speaking on planting onions and leeks at the next Gardeners of the Bluffton-Pandora Area meeting on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in the library's lower level meeting room. Wischmeyer will share tips on how to successfully grow onions and leeks from seeds. 

Wischmeyer and her husband Jon own Little Riley Creek Farm, which is a 40-acre, family-operated and certified organic farm located just outside Bluffton.  

This meeting is free and open to the public. 

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Daddy-daughter night out

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2020 - 3:10pm

Bluffton Family Recreation held its second annual Daddy-Daughter dance on Saturday. It lived up to its billing as one of the newest and popular winter events in town. Jamie Nygaard shares these photos with viewers.

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Bluffton will have new refuse and recycle carrier in June

Contract awarded to Rumpke
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2020 - 3:00pm

Bluffton trash and recycle customers will have a new carrier beginning June 1.

Rumpke Waste and Recycling was awarded the bid as the village’s carrier during Monday’s council meeting. The current carrier, Republic, also submitted a bid and it was not accepted.

Council approved a three-year contract with Rumpke, who is Ohio’s largest recycler by volume. Customers will eventually have their current green and blue totes removed and replaced with totes from the new carrier.

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3 Pirate boys make All-NWC cage squad

Luke Denecker, Mason Soper, 1st team: Jared Piercefield, 2nd team
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2020 - 1:25pm

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS  - Two Bluffton boys received first team All-Northwest Conference basketball honors from league coaches in voting conducted at their annual selection meeting Monday night.

Senior Luke Denecker and classmate Mason Soper were each voted first team All-NWC.

Denecker became just the second Pirate male to surpass 1,000 points in his career this year before a knee injury ended his season.

Pirate senior Jared Piercefield was also named second team all-league.

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Kindergarten registration for 2020-21 underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2020 - 10:36am

Bluffton schools remind parents of next year's Kindergarteners that it is time to register those students.

Here's the details from the elementary newsletter:

It’s time to think about Kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year.  Any child who will be 5 by Aug. 1, 2020, is eligible to enroll. 

In order to develop a kindergarten mailing list, contact the elementary office at 419-358-7951. 

The school needs the following: 
child’s name 
birth date 
parents’ names 
address
phone number 

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