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Culvert work closes much of Augsburger Road next week

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 5:05pm

The Allen County Engineer's office will be doing work on Augsburger Road that necessitates closing the road for most, if not all, of next week. The work will begin Monday morning, Sept. 14, and will take approximately one week.

Traffic will not be maintained on the closed portion of the road, which includes from Riverbend to Bentley Road, according to the Engineer's office.

Motorists will have to use Tom Fett Road as a detour to get to and from the western edge of town (Maple Crest, Riverbend subdivision, etc.).

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Janice Ruth Smith Reese 1931-2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:52pm

Janice Ruth Smith Reese, 84, of Lima died on Sept. 5, 2015, at Lima Memorial Hospital,  after a brief illness.    

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Boys' soccer: Bluffton 6th in northwestern Ohio poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:39pm

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team is ranked 6th in the Northwest Ohio Soccer Coaches Association weekly poll for week 3 of the season. 

The attachment shows the standings for all divisions this week.

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Judy Kingery was a 1963 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:33pm

Judith (Judy) K. Kingery, 70, died on Sept. 6, 2015 at Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center in Brookville, Ohio.
 
Judy was born in Bluffton and was the daughter of Kenneth and Pauline (Eikenbary) Chidester, who preceded her in death.  Judy was a 1963 Bluffton High School graduate. Judy was married to Ronald Kingery.

Survivors include a daughter Jodi (Kevin) Brooks of Sevierville, Tenn., and son Scott Stelzer of Findlay; two stepdaughters Loretta and Katie; 10 grandchildren Tyler (and wife Amanda), Brett, Brandon, Dylan, Chad, Grace, Lily, Meghan, Kaley, and Koby. 

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Health care law discussed in Constitution Day Forum Sept. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:28pm

Dr. Timothy Jost, the Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law in the Washington and Lee University School of Law, will examine “The Constitution and Health Care for the Uninsured” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Jost will address why it is difficult to reform health care financing in the U.S. constitutional system. He is a widely cited expert on the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s health care law.

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Bluffton University
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Funeral service for Wava Taylor on Sept. 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2015 - 9:49pm

Wava J. Taylor, 89, died 4:05 a.m. Sept. 10, 2015, at Richland Manor, Bluffton.  Wava was born April 4,1926, in Bluffton to the late Roy and Ethel Geiger Lehman.

Wava was a cook and worked at area restaurants. 

Survivors include a daughter, Donna Deitrick of North Baltimore, three sons, Bob Deitrick, Ed (Linda) Deitrick, and Fred Deitrick all of Findlay, nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Ortha Lehman of Alta Loma, CA.  She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Lehman. 

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