Friday-Saturday retail open house, free giveaways, discounts and special offers
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 3, 2020 - 12:58pm
The 4-page flyer is at the bottom of this story -
It’s a big downtown Bluffton shopping weekend.
Gift certificate drawings, merchandise discounts and free gifts are part of the activities Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7, in the annual Downtown Bluffton Christmas Open House.
Ten businesses are part of a mailing shopper – the shopper is attached at the bottom of this story. Each of those businesses has special discounts.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 3, 2020 - 10:51am
Mary Louise Huffer, 98, died Nov. 2, 2020, at Willow Ridge - Frieda House in Bluffton. Mary Louise was born Jan. 30, 1922, in Gomer to the late Emerson and Martha Ann (Griffith) Clevenger. On Oct. 14, 1942, she married Donald "Burt" Huffer who preceded her in death on Dec. 15, 1989.
Mary Louise graduated from Gomer High School and attended Northwestern Business College in Lima. She had worked at the Lima Tank Depot during World War II and later as the head cook at Gomer Schools for 18 years. Mary Louise attended the Lima Community Church of the Nazarene.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 2, 2020 - 4:22pm
Icon seeks list of BHS runners who have advanced to state cross country meet - see details at bottom of this story -
By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - The Bluffton boys cross country team finished 13th at the unseasonably cold Div. III regional race Saturday morning in Tiffin's Hedges Boyer Park.
Bluffton sophomore ace Erik Nygaard finished 25th in the large field of 189 runners to post the top Pirate showing with a time of 17:03.7.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 2, 2020 - 4:08pm
Jonna Lee Hartman, 86 of Arlington and formerly of rural Rawson died on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020.
She was born on Dec. 28, 1933, to the late John J. and Helen A. (Emans) Beach. Jonna married Clair E. Hartman on May 26, 1957, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 28, 2008.
Surviving Jonna are her children; Janet (Don) Dukes, Joyce (Tim-deceased) Falk, Mark (Amy) Hartman, Michael Hartman and Matthew (Nikki) Hartman.
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 2, 2020 - 3:17pm
Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Rae Staton
TIFFIN - Previously-unbeaten Bluffton suffered its first loss of the season to Riverdale 1-0 in the Div. III boys soccer district finals on a cold late Saturday morning at Tiffin Columbian's Frost-Kalnow Stadium.
The upset defeat dropped the top-seeded Pirate boys record to 16-1-2 as their dream season came to an abrupt end. Defending state runner-up Bluffton came into the match ranked first in the northwest district and second in the state.