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Weather summary - starting to feel like autumn

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 23, 2014 - 8:50pm

It’s starting to feel like autumn. Here’s the September daily weather summaries from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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$1,230 raised for Drew Rayle Memorial Fund - and it involved lots of Nerf bullets

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 23, 2014 - 5:25pm

Nerf bullets were flying Friday after school in the old baseball diamond area at Bluffton University. The event raised $1,230 for the Drew Rayle Memorial Fund.

Game inventor, Jamie Nygaard, explains the game this way: "Pipe gun wars is a game that Christian (Jamie's husband) and I made up with our boys.

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Did you order the corsage? It's BHS homecoming weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2014 - 5:00pm

It’s Bluffton High School’s 2014 homecoming week. The event includes a Friday parade and coronation of a homecoming king and queen.

Following Friday’s parade the 2014 court will be introduced during the pre-game at Harmon Field. The king and queen will be announced at that time.

• PARADE DETAILS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
• PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE COURT AND DRIVERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Here are members of the court:

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Bluffton Child Development Center open house Sept. 23

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 22, 2014 - 10:01am

Bluffton Child Development Center will hold an open house from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Center on County Line  Road.  The open house enables parents and care givers to meet teachers at BCDC.

Also on Sept. 23 is picture day for all classrooms except kindergarten and school age students.

The drawing for a theme basket raffle is now underway. The winners will be drawn on Thursday, Sept. 25. Tickets are available at the center at one for $1 or six for $5.

The fall mixed bag fundraiser begins on Monday, Sept. 29. 

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Bluffton schools achieves highest-ever score in state report card; 29th of 600 school districts in Ohio

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2014 - 5:32pm

By Greg Denecker
Bluffton school superintendent

Note: This is a portion of the superintendent's report in the recent school newsletter. The entire newsletter is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

The 2013-2014 Local State Report Card was officially released to the public last Friday by the Ohio Department of Education for every district in the state, and we are pleased to announce that we have scored the highest ever as a school district.  

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Bluffton schools open house Monday evening

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2014 - 9:38am

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday, Sept. 22.  The elementary school will be open from 6 – 7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7 – 8 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community.

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