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Farmers market opens

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 3:05pm

Bluffton farmers market opened for the season on Saturday under masked conditions. The market is open through the end of October each Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. Click here for a list of vendors ad shopping guidelines.

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Superintendent Denecker: Seniors, this time does not define you

School provides update on prom, academic awards, street painting and commencement
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 2:49pm

The following letter is from Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent.

Dear Parents and Students -
I write this letter to you with a great deal of emotion. As the parent of a Senior, I know full-well the disappointment that you are feeling, as COVID-19 has disrupted so many of the events and celebrations we had envisioned enjoying with our children as they mark this milestone of completing their K-12 education.

Like you, I am working to keep things in perspective, and I remain grateful for my family for our Bluffton community.

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Regional news
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Kind, smart, funny, really funny, cool, hard-working, good at teaching

Some descriptions of Bluffton elementary teachers by their students
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 2:27pm

Bluff’ ton eləˈment(ə)r  ˈtēCHər – Bluffton elementary teacher (noun) – a person who teaches in Bluffton schools and is described by students as kind, smart, funny, really funny, cool, good teacher, hard-working, nice, great,  amazing, awesome, good at explaining things, and good at teaching.

Winning entries are posted at the bottom of this story.

If Bluffton elementary teachers were listed in the dictionary, the words above would help describe them. 

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People
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Governor DeWine orders flags lowered in remembrance of Kent State tragedy

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 1:50pm

In honor of the lives of those killed and injured and those whose lives were forever altered by the tragedy of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University, Governor DeWine ordered that all United States and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all state-owned buildings throughout the state and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower, at 12:24 p.m, until sunset.

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Treva Shafer worked at Triplett Corp.

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 1:46pm

Treva Margaret Helena (Marquart) Shafer, 94, a resident of Bluffton, Ohio, and died on May 4, 2020, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  

Treva was born on June 14, 1925, near Bluffton to the late Albert and Emma Marquart.  On Oct. 20, 1946, she married Wayne Shafer and he preceded her in death on Dec. 5, 2019, after 73 years of marriage.

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Obituaries
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Bluffton first grade 1938-39

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 1:25pm

BHS CLASS OF 1950 - celebrating its 70th graduation year – Class members as first graders in the 1938-39 school. 

Front for left, unidentified, unidentified, Sara Badertscher, Rosella Moser, Jane Damon, Marilyn Amstutz, Peggy Young and Donald Schumacher.

Second row from left, Elwood Brauen, Donald Burkholder, unidentified, Roger Lehman, Carolyn Matter, Richard Steiner, Josephine Augsburger, Edgar Wenger and Micky unidentified.

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Historical Bluffton
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