We found Austin Housh one evening at Southgate Lanes and started talking. The next thing you know, we were taking notes. Here's what we came up with.
Austin, when did you graduate from Bluffton High School?
2012.
What are you doing this year?
I'm attending OSU-Lima now. Next semester I'll attend Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. It's a 15 month course. Then there's a one-year apprenticeship. I'll be finished in 2016.
Natasha Trethewey, the Poet Laureate of the United States, will deliver Bluffton University’s annual Keeney Peace Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Founders Hall.
Trethewey will read from her work—including the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 collection “Native Guard”—during her presentation, titled “On Poetry and History.” The event is free and open to the public.
Over 135 adults and youth participated in a fishing derby at Maple Crest Senior Living Community, Bluffton, during Bluffton’s Fall Festival in late September.
Prizes for the derby went to:
• First guest out fishing – Karson Hauenstein
• First person to catch a fish – Connor McKean
• Persons wearing a “cool” hat – Linda Strahm (sequined black cap) and Gene Grieser (hat from Alice Springs, Central Australia)
With changes in weather, BFR Sports & Fitness staff welcome area individuals and families to come inside for activity. BFR offers recreation passes and full memberships for access to the facility.
Recreation passes may be purchased in blocks of 10 visits ($30) or as a Family Rec Pass ($150 per year). Rec Passes offer access to the indoor track, gymnasium and arena during hours unscheduled for BFR programs.
Bluffton High School is host to an OHSAA Division III girls' soccer sectional. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 19. Games are played at Steinmetz Field.
Teams in the sectional are Cory-Rawson, Ada, Allen East, Bluffton, Van Buren,and Liberty Benton.
An attachment at the bottom of this page shows the brackets.
Bluffton University is host to the OHSAA Division IV girls' volleyball sections on Oct. 15 and 17. Teams competing include Arcadia, Van Buren, Pandora-Gilboa, Riverdale, McComb, Cory-Rawson and North Baltimore.
An attachment at the bottom of this story shows the brackets.
Neil Macke (back row, second from right) was crowned Homecoming king at Bluffton University on Oct. 12, while Tamara Al-Sammarraie (front row, second from right) and Lindsay Krohn (front row, second from left) shared Homecoming queen honors.
Joining them in the Homecoming court were (left to right) juniors Katie Conrad and Jason Trespel; seniors Christian Vail, Mackenzie Richards, Ben Roeschley and Abbey Graber; and sophomores Colten Kelso and Alicia Rodriguez.
Mustard Seed Café at the Depot, 562 N. Main St., Bluffton, will be serving a full dinner menu on Friday and Saturday evenings 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., beginning Friday, Oct. 18.
Beer and beer cocktails will be available, as well as appetizers and house made desserts. Reservations are suggested at 567-226-1120.
