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Pedestrian safety focus of new Facebook page in Bluffton

There's a new Facebook page in town and the Icon invites viewers to "like" it.

Created by Paula Scott, the page's purpose is to share ideas and experiences concering: Share the Road - Bluffton, Ohio.

Scott says that the intent of the Facebook is to promote pedestrian safety, particularly at the intersection of Main and College.

Here's the Facebook link - CLICK HERE.

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Happy 90th birthday to Margaret Carr

Margaret Carr, lifelong Bluffton resident, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Friday, Sept. 16.

Richard and Mary Ann Jordan will celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Richard H. and Mary Ann Jordan will soon observe 60 years of marriage. They were wed on Sept. 16, 1956, in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Ada, by the Rev. L.H. Wyandt.
 
The Jordans are parents of two sons, R. Timothy D. Jordan of Clarksville, Tenn., and Nathaniel W. T. (Jenni) Jordan of Bluffton, and two daughters, Amy R. King and Bethany G. (Jon) Theis, also of here.
 
Their grandchildren are Jordan, Ashleigh, and Kaity Beth King, Benjamin and Lindsay Theis, and Grant and Matthew Jordan, all of Bluffton, and Dylan Badertscher of Clarksville, Tenn.
 

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Boys' soccer team ranked 3rd in northwest district

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team was ranked 3rd in Division III in the Sept. 9 northwest Ohio soccer coaches poll.

1 - Archbold 4-0-1
2 - Lake 6-0-0
3 - Bluffton 4-1-0
4 - Eastwood 5-1-0
5 - Ottawa Hills 5-2-1
6 - Van Buren 5-2-0
7 - Swanton 5-0-0
8 - Pettisville 3-2-1
9 - Continental 5-1-0
10 - Lima Central Catholic 4-2-0

 

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Football: Pirates shut out visiting Ft. Loramie

Friday is a road trip to Paulding

By Sam Brauen
Two football teams looking for an identity squared off Friday evening at Harmon Field. 

Bluffton had soundly defeated Cory-Rawson to open the season but fell flat at Van Buren last week. Fort Loramie came to town with two close losses to perennial power Minster and defending state champion Fort Recovery. 

BOX SCORE AND MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

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Harmon named to D3football Team of Week

September 13, 2016

D3football Team of Week

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University senior Jake Harmon (Van Wert/Crestview) has been named to the d3football.com Team of the Week following his standout performance in Bluffton's 37-31 win at Trine under the lights on Saturday, Sept. 10. It marks the fourth time in the past three years that a member of Coach Dorrel's defense has earned this recognition!

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