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Janet Kohli memorial service at a later date

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 3:42pm

Janet C. Kohli, 83, of Pandora died Jan. 4, 2021, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  A private burial will take place in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pandora with a memorial service at a later date.  Arrangements have been entrusted with Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Meet Celia Smith, BHS December student of the month

Following high school she may pursue nursing or social work
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 3:38pm

Celia Smith, a senior, is the December Bluffton High School student of the month.

She is involved in many activities including Drama Club, swim team, Latin Club, SADD, 4-H, Gatekeepers and is an SOS tutor after school.

She is in the National Honor Society and has received academic awards three times and  also received the academic scholar award.

She is a member of the volleyball team and the Bluffton swim club. She is employed at Arby's in Bluffton and in her spare time she enjoys singing, volunteering, drawing, painting, reading and writing.

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Elida shuts down Lady Pirates

Sami Scoles was the only Pirate in double figures with 10 points
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 3:02pm

By Cort Reynolds
ELIDA - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team lost to Elida 46-30 in a low-scoring non-league contest Saturday afternoon at the Bulldog Fieldhouse.

The Lady Pirates fell behind 24-10 at halftime after they mustered just three second-period points.

Bluffton heated up enough to register a 14-14 third period, and was only outscored 22-20 after intermission. 

But the Pirate girls were not able to eat into the Lady Bulldog lead. 

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Titans rally to take down Pirate boys 

O-G escapes another close-call to BHS in the non-conference battle
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 2:58pm

By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA - After a hot-shooting first period, the visiting Bluffton boys basketball team cooled off and lost at perennial power Ottawa-Glandorf 63-50 Saturday night in a non-league bout.

The Pirates led by seven early as they hit four of nine three-point tries en route to a 21-16 lead after the opening stanza. Trenton Donley nailed three trifectas to pour in 11 first-quarter points.

However, O-G limited Bluffton to just four second-period points. Bluffton trailed 27-25 at halftime as Carson Soper scored 11 points by intermission.

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National championship contest posted on Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 2:33pm

The Bluffton and Ada Icons will post a 2021 national championship college football contest on Tuesday. There will be one Bluffton Icon winner and one Ada Icon winner.

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David Anderson was a 1971 Bluffton HS graduate

Held a law degree and a doctorate from Harvard
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2021 - 12:46pm

David L. Anderson, 68, of Bluffton died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. He was born on that same date in 1953 in Bluffton to the late Ronald and Fern Badertscher Anderson. 

David is survived by his sister, Debra L. Sommers of Powell, Ohio, and several cousins and friends. 

David was preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Daniel L. Sommers, who died on May 19, 2014.

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