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Contract night for Bluffton school board

It was contract night on April 18 for the Bluffton school board as many contracts for this spring and for next school year were approved.

Action involved:

• Seventeen certified contracts for 2016-17
• Four classified contracts for 2016-17
• Twenty-nine supplemental contracts for 2016-17

Also, the board approved several Saturday school supervisors and classified employees.

Class fees and handbooks for elementary, middle and high school for 2016-17 were also approved.

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BFR shoe collection reaches 215 bags

It rained shoes this winter and early spring at Bluffton Family Recreation.

According to Joseph Beagle, BFR director, 215 bags of shoes were collected this year.

The shoes are now on their way to Florida. There they will be sent to persons in 25 underdeveloped countries where micro-enterprises use them for their businesses.

Beagle said that a special thanks goes to Sharon Calvelage from the Catholic Ladies Association, who assisted BFR in getting the shoes collected.

St. John's UCC beef and noodle dinner April 22

St. John's United Church of Christ, corner of College Avenue and Jackson Street,  will hold a beef and noodle dinner Friday, April 22, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.  

If you would like a meal to go and cannot pick it up, call the church office at 419-358-5641. Those meals will be delivered. 

Dinner prices are: adults $8; 6th grade through college  $5; Elementary  $4;  Pre-K  Free

 

 

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Ready to fly

It's spring. Claire from the 3-year-old class at Bluffton Community Preschool enjoys pretending to be a bird in the dramatic play area. (Linda Headings photo)

Gathering in Delphos for Lincoln Highway state meeting April 30

The Delphos Museum of Postal History hosts the 22nd annual Ohio Lincoln Highway League state meeting on Saturday, April 30, beginning at 10 a.m.  

The morning will include three presentations: Ron Bagley of Van Wert will give a history of George Marsh and the Marsh Foundation School.  Delphos residents Ed Ulrich and Steve Dorsten will give presentations on the history of Delphos and the Miami and Erie Canal, respectively.

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Pirate track teams win tri-meet

Both Bluffton High School girls' and boys' track teams swept a tri-meet on April 19. Individual results are below.

GIRLS
Bluffton - 76
USV - 41
Waynesfield-Goshen - 40

BOYS
Bluffton - 68.33
USV - 64.33
Waynesfield-Goshen - 39.33

 

 

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