In its first-ever season 9 qualify for next tournament level
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2021 - 4:11pm
Photos by Jamie Nygaard
In their first season as a high school swimming team, nine swimmers from Bluffton High School qualified to move on to the district competition. The high school swim team participated in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Northwest District sectional meet held at the Lima YMCA.
Swimmers who finish in the top 32 spots for each event at each sectional advance on to the district competition.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2021 - 2:45pm
The season of Lent in the Christian year is observed by several area congregations with Ash Wednesday services on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church
Joined by Ottawa Presbyterian Church, online service at 7 p.m., on the church’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/blufftonpc
This service will be later posted to the church’s website.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2021 - 2:01pm
Marvin Frank Ritter, 79, of rural Findlay, died on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. He was born on March 29, 1941, in McComb Ohio, to the late Everett and Coral (Cusac) Ritter.
Marvin was a 1959 graduate of McComb High School and earned his bachelor's degree in business from Bluffton College. On October 27, 1963, he married Jean Ann von Stein, and she survives.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 16, 2021 - 12:00pm
Elizabeth J. “Betty” High, 85, died on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at 2 a.m., surrounded by her family.
She was born on Oct. 31, 1935, in Deshler, Ohio, to the late Fredrick and Gertrude (Dibling) Britenriker. On Jan. 12, 1957 Betty married Clyde C. High and he preceded her in death on March 27, 2006.
Betty retired from Goodyear where she worked as a receptionist. She previously sold Avon and worked at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.