September 2016

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Several Bluffton council committee meetings and other village-related meetings were announced at the Sept. 6 council session:

• Thursday, Sept. 8 - planning commission, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 13 - State Route 103 corridor study public meeting, 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 14 - tree commission, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 15 - airport advisory commission, 7:45 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 19 - council meeting, 8 p.m.

Mayor Judy Augsburger set trick-or-treat night in Bluffton for 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27.

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Three Bluffton police officers were recognized for outstanding achievements during the Sept. 6 Bluffton council meeting. Ryan Burkholder, interim police chief, made the following presentations:

• Officer Dominic Francis – life saving award

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First National Bank, Pandora, will hold a health care workshop later this month in Findlay.

The program is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, at Hilton Garden Inn, 1050 Interstate Dr., Findlay.

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The Wilson Sporting Goods football garage sale is from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 24, Liberty Street, Ada.

The sale includes hundreds of footballs, baseball gloves, shoes, clothes, tennis items and additional sporting good items.

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September 7, 2016
By: Samantha Granger, sports information assistant

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DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan put on a hitting clinic Wednesday evening en route to a sweep of the Bluffton University volleyball team in Branch Rickey Arena. The Beavers slipped to 3-2 on the season while OWU upped its mark to 4-1.

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Mornings with Mommy is a fun and easy way for you to enjoy activities with your infant through preschool age children (ages 0-5 years) and meet other moms.

Dads, grandmas, grandpas, and nannies are welcome, too. These educational play-dates will begin on Monday, Sept. 19, and continue on the first and third Monday of each month from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera.

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Bluffton High School boys' soccer team is ranked second in Division III in the first NWOSSCA coaches poll of the season.

1 - Archbold
2 - Bluffton
2 - Lake 
4 - Eastwood
5 - Swanton
6 - Ottawa Hills
6 - Van Buren
8 - Lima Temple Christian
9 - Pettisville
10 - Lima Central Catholic

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Former Bluffton High School and Eastern Mennonite University All-American Hannah Chappell-Dick has been named one of the top 30 honorees for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

She is the first-ever woman from Eastern Mennonite to be named to the top 30 of the annual NCAA honor.

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Now that school is in session, it's a time to remind elementary parents of several important pieces of information involving the new school year.

Here is a summary of that information from the elementary September newsletter. A copy of the newsletter is a printer-friendly attachment.

SCHOOL DAY:  School begins at 8:10 a.m. daily.  Parents should drop off their students in front of the elementary school between 7:55 and 8:10 a.m.  Students that ride buses will be dropped off at the south entrance of the middle school.

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Bluffton Public Library hosts an author visit and book signing featuring Kathy Burrus  of rural Columbus Grove, with her new release “Lovely Traces of Hope!”

The event is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, on the main floor of the library at 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. Copies of the book will be available for purchase for $12.99. (Cash only, please.)

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