Five inches of snow from Friday night to Saturday morning and suddenly it's winter. Out came the snowblowers, snowthrowers, snowmobiles, trucks with snow blades and pretty soon we'll see Frosty and friends. Here' the view Saturday morning on Elm Street.
The Bluffton University men's and women's soccer teams were among those who participated in the National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday.
Karen Wagner, store manager for the Lima Habitat for Humanity Chapter ReStore, put out a call for volunteers to help move the thriving retail business to a new location.
The Bluffton men's and women's soccer and volleyball teams spent two days cleaning fixtures, unloading trucks, stocking shelves and doing a variety of tasks.
Wilma E. Lloyd (nee Wasen), 84 of Parma; wife of John C. Lloyd of Bluffton; mother of Charles E. (Claudia) of North Royalton, Jeff A. (Cathy) of Jamestown N.C. and Lora M. Lawrence (Don) of Findlay; grandmother of Aaron, Vanessa, Ryan, Amanda, Kenton, Kimberly, and Melissa.
Sister of Janet Oriold. Preceded in death by parents, Walter and Edna Wasen; siblings Harold C., Glenn A., Robert H., and Marion Sapp.
The year was 1933 - but actually 1961. A re-enactment of the John Dillinger bank robbery in Bluffton was portrayed in this scene from the Bluffton cenntennial historic pageant.
The pageant at Founders Hall was presented on two evenings during the week. Leland Gerber took this photo during the dress rehearsal. Rudi Steiner, who had just graduated from Bluffton High School that spring, is in the center collecting the loot. George Burkholder, a 1960 (?) BHS grad is on the right.
