Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2020 - 1:50pm
Jennifer Sadler, Bluffton Child Development Center's pre-K and school age teacher, prepares lunch on Friday at the center. The center is open to elementary-age youth on Friday's since Bluffton schools go virtual on that day.
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2020 - 10:34am
By Cort Reynolds
ARLINGTON - The Allen East golf team won the 12-team Div. III sectionals at Sycamore Springs Golf Course Thursday.
AE won with 340 strokes, with Pandora-Gilboa nine shots behind (349). Van Buren was third (360). Only the top three teams and top three individuals not on a qualifying team made it to districts October 8.
Bluffton finished just out of the running for districts by finishing in fourth place (366), six shots behind VB.
Former Bluffton resident was a writer and book author
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2020 - 9:51am
Former Bluffton resident Elaine Sommers Rich, 94, died on Sept. 27, 2020, in North Manchester, Indiana. She was born Feb. 8, 1926, to Monroe and Effie (Horner) Sommers in Plevna, Indiana. The children’s novel Hannah Elizabeth is semi-autobiographical about her childhood.
She graduated from Goshen College in 1947 and received a master’s degree from Michigan State University. She married Ronald Rich on June 14, 1953. Ronald died in 2014.
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2020 - 9:38am
ODOT work on I-75 in Beaverdam will affect traffic flow this month.
• The I-75 northbound exit ramp to State Route 696 is expected to open Friday, Oct 2.
• The I-75 northbound entrance ramp from State Route 696 will soon close for approximately 14 days.
BHS moves to 10-5 overall and 3-3 in NWC after beating Spencerville
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2020 - 9:19am
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton girls soccer team swept struggling Spencerville in a Northwest Conference volleyball match Thursday night.
Bluffton upped its record to 10-5 overall and 3-3 in the NWC with the 25-20, 25-9, 25-14 victory.
Spencerville fell to 2-11 overall and 0-5 in NWC play with the defeat.
Kylie Stackhouse slammed 22 kills, served three aces and came up with two blocks to lead the Pirate girls. Taylor Schwab contributed five digs and four aces to the winning effort.