Glendora “Pinky” Vanlue Welch, age 65, of Rawson, has peacefully passed away October 10, 2024, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Findlay on March 16, 1959, to Glenn and Helen (Johnson) Vanlue. On April 1, 1989, Pinky married Kavin “Jake” Welch. In this marriage, they had four children, Mary, Elisha, Hanna and Joshua.
Bluffton store and employees to join “Our Family” business
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Community Markets of Bluffton, as part of the 49-store Fresh Encounter Inc. chain, is being acquired by the “food solutions” company SpartanNash, according to an October 14 announcement.
Based near Grand Rapids, Mich., SpartanNash is a publicly traded company that includes food wholesale and grocery retail segments. It currently operates 147 grocery stores as well as a number of pharmacies and fuel centers. Our Family is the SpartanNash flagship brand; other items are distributed via the OwnBrands suite of products.
VAN WERT - The Bluffton High School boys and girls cross country teams each finished fourth in the six-team Northwest Conference championship meet Saturday, October 12, at the Van Wert Reservoir course.
Pirate senior Levi Fenzl crossed the finish line second in the boys meet with a time of 16:38.3.
Columbus Grove’s Levi Bryan won the boys individual title in 16:31.2.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School volleyball team received the top seed at the seven-team Div. V Northwest 2 sectional at Miller City.
The Pirate team is ranked ninth in the MaxPreps Div. V Ohio polls.
Bluffton (19-3) received a first round bye and will play the winner between third-seeded Sherwood Fairview (17-5) and seventh seed Fostoria (2-20). That match takes place on Tuesday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m. in the semifinals at Miller City.
FT. LORAMIE – The Bluffton High School football team stayed undefeated with a hard-earned 42-28 victory at first-year Northwest Conference member Fort Loramie Friday evening, October 11.
The Pirates broke away from a 14-14 halftime tie with a decisive 21-7 third period outburst that spelled the difference in the outcome.
The explosive Bluffton offense authored three touchdowns of over 70 yards in the high-octane contest.
The defending league co-champion Pirates improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the NWC with the road win.
