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Fire extinguished at SRK Industries, plant resumed operation same day

Police/Fire/EMS

/ Oct 06, 2026

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On the evening of Monday, October 5, the Bluffton Fire Department was dispatched to SRK Industries on Snider Rd. for a reported fire alarm. Chief Jon Kinn provided the following details.

"The first arriving units found heavy smoke coming from the north end of the facility. Mutual aid was requested from both the Beaverdam-Richland Fire Department and Southwest Hancock Joint Fire District.

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BHS GOAT: Latin teacher Margaret Weaver

Columnists

/ Oct 06, 2026

Page 83 of the 1969 Bluffton High School Buccaneer

By Bill Herr

In this column, I have written about the greatest sports teams at Bluffton High School I have seen, the greatest coaches there that I have rubbed elbows with when I taught there, and some great BHS athletes I have seen in action. This is based on my attending Bluffton Exempted Village Schools for 12 years, graduating, and being a Pirate fan up to the present.

This column might be my favorite. It is about a person who, in my opinion, was a most amazing person, and the greatest teacher I ever knew. She is Mrs. Margaret Weaver. Teaching Latin when I arrived as a mathematics teacher at Bluffton High School, she became a close friend. We even shared the same classroom my first year at Bluffton.

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Pirate boys soccer blanks Lincolnview to clinch NWC crown

Sports

/ Oct 07, 2026

12th championship, 0 league losses since 2015

By Cort Reynolds / Photo Bluffton Pirates Facebook

MIDDLE POINT__The visiting Bluffton High School boys soccer team shut out Lincolnview 5-0 to win yet another Northwest Conference championship on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

The Pirates improved to 7-5-3 overall and finished 3-0 in the NWC after the road win that clinched yet another league crown in the four-team standings.

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Obituary for Donald Dean Donovan, 73

Obituaries

/ October 7, 2026

Donald Dean Donovan, 73, passed away in the early morning of October 4, 2026 in his sleep at a nursing facility in Kansas City, Kansas.

He was born June 1, 1953, in Iola, Kansas, to Curtis Almer and Elaine Donovan, who predeceased him.

Pirate girls cross country runs at Allen County Invite

Sports

/ October 7, 2026

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA__The Bluffton High School girls cross country team finished third in the Allen County Invitational meet at Lima’s Faurot Park on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Xandra Gatchel was the top Pirate finisher, crossing the line fifth in a time of 22:35.

Pirate volleyball beats Delphos Jefferson in four

Sports

/ October 7, 2026

By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS__The visiting Bluffton High School girls volleyball team lost the first set, but rallied to beat Delphos Jefferson in a four-game Northwest Conference match on Tuesday, Oct. 6.