Bluffton police report that during the month of July the amount of money in the village lost by theft totaled $6,633.
That figure is part of the July police report provided to Bluffton council. Additional information from the July report show that the police had 326 calls for service, 43 traffic stops and 6 citations handed out.
There were 30 complaints reported during July. Of those 10 included theft.
A portion of the July report is an attachment below. The entire report is part of the Bluffton council packet also attached below.
A public involvement meeting that focuses on the State Route 103 corridor study project takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the town hall.
According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the meeting is for the purpose of getting feedback and to gather information from residents and businesses along the corridor study area.
Choice One, the engineer firm on the project, has invited residents and businesses along the corridor to the meeting, according to Mehaffie.
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - A pair of Grant Stutzman (Sugarcreek/Hiland) goals during a five-minute span early in the second period propelled the Bluffton University men's soccer team to its second win in as many days on a beautiful Sunday, Sept. 4. The victory moved Bluffton to 2-1 on the season for the first time since the start of the 2010 campaign.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University football team kicked off its 2016 season against Wilmington College, looking to avenge last year’s 14-10 loss. The Beavers did that and then some as they defeated the Quakers, 49-20, notching their first win of the season (1-0). It also marked the first win by Bluffton in a season opener since a 20-0 shutout of Kenyon College in 2012.
ELMHURST, Ill. - On day two of the Elmhurst Volleyball Invitational, Bluffton University opened with the #14 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks. The Beavers came out flat in set one, dropping a 25-18 decision. The buck stopped there, however, as Bluffton came to life in a hurry, taking the next three sets with a vengeance (25-21, 25-19, and 30-28).
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - Senior Blake Drewes (Archbold) headed in a Corbin Knedler (Forest/Riverdale) corner kick as the horn sounded for a stunning 1-0 victory over Concordia University Chicago on a beautiful Saturday, Sept. 3. The goal also handed James Kusak his first collegiate victory as a head coach! Bluffton evened its record at 1-1, while Concordia dropped its first contest of the season.
ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of Landscape/Cityscape, a group invitational exhibit in The Ellen Nelson Gallery, Friday, Sept. 16.
The inspiration for the exhibit centers on the fact that both landscape and cityscape have an art historical importance dating back to the beginnings of art itself, and that today’s artists, in choosing to work in one of the genres, of necessity add to and alter its dimensions and possibilities. Landscape/Cityscape proposes a contemporary venue for new perspectives on ancient forms.
Dr. Lucia Unrau, professor of music, will present the colloquium "Arts Advocacy through Performance, Research and Outreach” on Sept. 9.
Unrau will discuss work she did during a sabbatical last school year. During the semester, she visited early childhood and middle school jazz programs in New York City and performed multiple recitals across the country both as a solo pianist and with clarinetist Sandra Jackson.
Her presentation is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Kenton will be visited by 100 plus Model T Fords ranging in model year from 1910 to 1927 on Sunday, Sept. 4.
“The All Ohio Model T Jamboree is made up of model T clubs from all over Ohio and seven different states coming together touring and driving their cars” said Jack Putnam of Bluffton, event organizer.
“This is the 28th Annual Jamboree,” said Putman, every year it rotates to a different community in Ohio.
ELMHURST, Ill. - In the first day of the Elmhurst Volleyball Invitational the Beavers came out clicking on all cylinders to start. The Beavers took the first set over Benedictine, 25-16. Bluffton kept the pace going taking set two (25-19) and the clincher (25-21).
