Andrea Hines Williams, a graduate of Bluffton High School and daughter of Lisa Hines of Venedocia and James Hines of Bluffton, recently graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University. On campus, Hines was active in the Academy of Student Pharmacists, Northern Christian Fellowship, Christian Pharmacy Fellowship International and the Student Society of Health Systems Pharmacists.
Richard "Dick" S. Reeder, 87 died at 6:40 a.m. June 16, 2014, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, of complications from kidney disease. He was born Aug. 18, 1926, in Lima to the late Homer E. and Verda (Steinman) Reeder.
220 cars, tractors, golf carts, fire trucks. In case you counted.
That's the number of vehicles on Main, Elm Church and Cherry Street on Friday, according to Denny Morrison, director of the 47th annual Bluffton Lions Club Festival of Wheels.
Tom Selhorst of Columbus Grove went home with the best of show trophy. He entered his red 1967 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Cutlass.
In the early days of Bluffton College there existed a club for anyone who attended college here and lived west of the Mississippi River. Here's that group during the 1924-25 school year - 90 school years ago.
By clicking on the image you may read the names of the students and discover where they came from to attend Bluffton. (Fromthe 1925 Ista)
Three summers ago Bluffton celebrated its sesquicentennial. This year it’s Columbus Grove’s turn.
The 150th anniversary celebration of the Village of Columbus Grove takes place now through June 22. Events take place daily and will conclude with a parade on Sunday, June 22, in downtown Grove. The parade starts at 1:30 p.m.
For a look at daily activities taking place this week open the printer-friendly attachments at the bottom of this story.
Bluffton council takes a breather tonight. After holding sessions where the mayor resigned, a new mayor was appointed, and a sidewalk ordinance was approved, tonight's agenda appears to be pretty light.
Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, reports that 33.07 tons of refuse was dumped in the Spring Street Recycling Center in May.
Other items on the agenda are found in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
As the Bluffton area prepares for the Relay for Life event on Friday, June 20, downtown businesses are showing their support.
The Relay planning committee has hung shoes above store fronts. Purple is the official color for this year’s theme: Believe.
The shoes remind everyone of the battle that cancer patients face each day while fighting this disease. The Relay for Life event format encourages everyone to “walk a mile in support of cancer research.”
During the May clean up the village reports 33.07 tons of refuse was collected over a two-week period at the Spring Street recycling center.
Using an estimated figure of 4,000 residents in Bluffton, how many pounds of crap was dumped per resident during spring clean up? First off, 33.07 tons is 72,906 pounds. The answer is 18.2 pounds.
This fact begs the question: Is every person in Bluffton – babe in arms to elder at Maple Crest – collecting 18.2 pounds of junk each year, or slightly over 1.5 pounds per month?
