The following items will be in the silent auction at the Relay for Life held June 22, at Salzman Stadium on the campus of Bluffton University.
The auction will open at 6 p.m. and will close at 10:30 p.m. You do not need to be present at the close of the auction to claim your purchase.
A member of Trinity Lutheran Church team will contact auction winners on Saturday and/or at a later date to make arrangements for deliver or pick-up of the item you purchased.
Irene E. Althaus, 68, of Bluffton died at 8:44 p.m. June 2, 2012 at Bluffton Hospital. She was born Oct. 23, 1943 in Bluffton to Ambert and Edna Bower Basinger. On Jan. 20, 1967 she married Jerry Althaus and he survives.
Mrs. Althaus retired from the Bluffton Public Schools where she was the Elementary School secretary for 25 years. She had also been a telephone operator for the Bluffton Telephone Co and had served on the Bluffton EMS. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church, Bluffton, a graduate of Bluffton High School and attended Bluffton College.
4th Grade - All A
Schaadt, Libby
Neufeld Weaver, Ana
Garmatter, Brinkley
Stechschulte, Harrison
Garmatter, Baylor
Fleece, Madison
Dunifon, Xavier
Colley, Gabriel (Gabe)
Taylor, Zachary
Spallinger, Maria (Maria)
Runk, Raina (Raina)
Paquin, Grace
Novak, Danielle
Metzger, Neil
Denecker, Luke
Davies, Brennan
Bluffton's state competitors celebrate in the arms of Jesse Owens in Columbus. Back row: Julie Althaus, Alaina Bixel, Lydia Guagenti, Hannah Chappell-Dick, Jill Steinmetz, Karli Leugers. Front row: Noah Stratton, Isaac Little, Logan Steingass, Keshaun Hughes, Lucas Harnish. The Lady Pirates had a great day, tied for fourth place out of 78 teams. (Andy Chappell-Dick photos). Click for more photo.
Friday afternoon, around 3 p.m., my cell phone rang. It was Bluffton Police Officer Rhodes. He told me that he spotted two American Bald Eagles in the field across the Maple Crest and wondered if I was interested.
Before his statement was finished I had grabbed my camera and was heading out the door. On my way the cell phone rang again. It was Lynda Best. Her husband saw the eagles and called her. She call me, too.
I have a 300 mm zoom lens for bird watching, so I figured where ever these birds were I could locate them.
Bluffton High School track competitors wrapped up their 201 season at the state meet in Columbus. Here are some photo from Saturday. For Friday's photo's click here.
The girls team finished 4th in Division III, scoring 24 points. On the way to state, the girls' team won the district meet and was runner-up in the regional meet.
