Just when you wonder if spring is really on the way these yellow crocus appear out of nowhere. Have you checked your yard today for these yellow guys? Or are your's blue?
The Bluffton University Track and Field program opened up its outdoor season this weekend at the Muskingum Duals on the campus of Muskingum University.
The cool conditions did not keep the Beavers from lighting up the track. Bluffton set several personal bests to go along with numerous top finishers throughout the day in this early season contest, setting up a solid base for the upcoming campaign.
There is an immediate need for volunteers to serve the Bluffton community. The Mennonite Memorial Home provides Mobile Meals to Bluffton residents and the meals are delivered by volunteers.
"We recently had several volunteers resign and are in need of new drivers. A drivers are needed for the second Tuesday of each month, the third Tuesday of each month and for a fill-in driver when ever needed," said Mary Ann Ring, MMH volunteer coordinator.
The Fort Findlay Stamp and Postcard Club marks its 60th year with its
annual show, Finpex 2013. The theme of this year’s show is the Centennial
of the Findlay Flood of 1913.
This year’s show dates are Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24. Show
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A special show
postmark and cover commemorating the Centennial of the Findlay Flood will be
available for sale on each day of the show.
Irene O. Miller, 97, died at 5:10 p.m. March 17, 2013, at Richland Manor, Bluffton. She was born May 5, 1915, in Beaverdam to the late Earl and Sylvia (Beemer) Bowers. On Sept. 28, 1935, she married Harold D. Miller and he died Sept. 19, 1991.
Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and also retired from Elder-Beerman, Lima. She was a member of the Cairo United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Beaverdam High School.
Survivors include two sons Terry Miller of Lima, Gary (Donna) Miller of Bluffton; five grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and eight great great grandchildren.
Walk into Lehman's Hardware in Kidron and you'll feel you are still in Bluffton. Ken McKinley took this photo in the eastern Ohio tourist spot. It shows the inside lid of a "Woman's Friend" washing machine. The machine, made in Bluffton at the turn of an earlier century, was a product of a once thriving Bluffton Manufacturing Company.
