if you are 58 or older, you recognize this person.
It is Miss Theresa "Teddie" Slusser. She was a Bluffton College graduate, held a master's degree from Bowling Green and taught several history and social studies classes for seventh graders through high school students.
After her official retirement in the mid-1960s she returned as a substitute teacher. She also was the village treasurer for several terms, which was an elected postion.
Who cares? It will be a night to remember for Bluffton Star War fans on Thursday.
A one-minute after midnight (technically Friday AM) “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” has a premier showing at the Shannon Theatre.
The line-up for tickets starts Thursday night, Dec. 17.
According to Pete Suter of Shannon Theatre tickets will go on sale one hour prior to the show – 11 p.m. to be exact – and seating will start at 11:15 p.m. And 275 lucky fans will watch the show.
It took 10 rounds and finally came down to “hypnotic,” “obscure,” and “nationalism,” for Nicole Boyle, Bluffton sixth grader, to win this year’s middle school spelling bee.
The bee, held on Dec. 11, included 12 contestants from grades six, seven and eight. Another sixth grader, Caleb McKenzie, was runner-up.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University’s Rachel Beining (Ottoville) helped the Beavers stay unbeaten on the season with wins over Earlham and Rose-Hulman and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. The Beavers improved to 7-0 on the season with a 3-0 mark in HCAC play. It marks the second time in three weeks that a Bluffton woman has been named Player of the Week following sophomore Macey Sheerer's (Bucyrus) selection two weeks ago.
Bluffton Lions Club obtained two truckloads of bottled water (4,000 pounds of H 2 O) over the weekend as Lion Clubs in the Northwest District of Ohio received a semi load of water from an anonymous donor.
Bluffton Lions sent two pickup trucks to Napoleon where the water was distributed.
Dennis delivered one load to Our Daily Bread in Lima. Arliss delivered his truckload to the Bluffton food pantry and to area apartments in Bluffton.
In this photo, several local volunteers and Boy Scouts helped unload the water.
The December meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will take place on Tuesday, Dec, 15 in Van Wert.
Members and guests will dine at Black Angus on Main, 282 E. Main Street (Lincoln Highway) at 6 p.m.
At 7 p.m., a brief business meeting will take place. Afterwards, members and guests are welcome and encouraged to share personal Christmas memories, stories, special readings or decorations.
