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Have you made a new friend on your walks through downtown Bluffton? The 2024 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce scarecrow decorating contest needs your vote. Visit https://www.explorebluffton.com/scarecrows/ to see all the entries and cast your preference for first, second and third choices.

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Pirate girls soccer avenges losses, blanks Falcons in district semis

Posted by Staff on October 22, 2024 - 6:20am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The third time was a charm. For the third season in a row, the Bluffton girls soccer team hosted rival Riverdale in district play at Steinmetz Field.  

For the past two years, Riverdale upset the Pirates in district final nailbiters. On October 21, the fourth-seeded hosts eliminated the top-seeded Falcons 3-0 in the Div. V district semifinals to exorcize a few ghosts.

The Pirate record improved to 12-5-1 with the big victory.

Top-seeded Riverdale ends its season 11-4-3 with the defeat.

Bluffton got off a good shot early on a breakaway, but Falcon freshman keeper Ryleigh Howard saved it.

Speedy Falcon sophomore Marissa Bonham then had a good scoring opportunity, but her blast was barely deflected away by Pirate keeper Kynzie Ewing. ▶︎

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Remembering Rufus Brassell

Posted by Staff on October 22, 2024 - 9:17am

By Bill Herr

Did a legendary sports figure once appear in a Bluffton school? The answer is yes. I know because I sat behind him at a basketball game in our gym. His name is Rufus Brassell. He was originally from Lima. In the late 1970s he moved his family to the Bluffton area to live. His kids went to Bluffton schools.He was a Lima legend in two ways. This column is his story. 

Rufus was born in Mississippi to Freeman and Carrie Ward Brassell, Jr. They moved to Lima. Rufus had no siblings.He attended South High School and graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1963. 

He became interested in boxing while in junior high. He liked it and became very skilled. ▶︎

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Deadline: October 27

This is the final week to enter the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District Nature Photography Contest.

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Bluffton Lions October 2024 news

Posted by Staff on October 21, 2024 - 7:40am

The Bluffton Lions Club newsletter provides a month-to-month look at the who, what, when and where of this local service club.

On September 28, Bluffton Lions helping with roadside clean-up were president Jackie Bourassa, Mark Bourassa, Cindy Lee, Dwain Hall, Mark Minnig, Clair Winebar and committee chair Andrew Rager. ▶︎

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