January 2019

He graduated from Bluffton High School; served in the U.S. Navy

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Robert "Bob" D. Lee, 90, died Jan. 26, 2019, at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.  Bob was born June 22, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Garvin and Irttie (Dunlap) Lee.  On June 12, 1953, he married Miriam Basinger Lee who survives.

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Margaret Kelly Neal, 96, of Tallahassee, Fla., died on Jan. 19, 2019. She was born Oct. 4, 1922, in Laurel Hill, Fla.

Among survivors are Elizabeth Kelly (Ray Person) of Bluffton.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Margaret Neal Pastoral Care Fund at St. John's, or Grace Mission Episcopal Church, 303 W. Brevard St, Tallahassee, Fla., or a charity of your choice.

A funeral service is at 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 211 N Monroe St, Tallahassee.

Arrangements are handled by Bevis Funeral Home, Tallahassee.

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From www.blufftonpirates.com Tweet
Congrats to Deandre Nassar, Tayton Kleman, Kaden Basil, Landen Luginbuhl and Jeremy Sturgeon for reaching the quarterfinals of the LCC Invite.

Pirate teams fall to Bulldogs

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By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Report on BHS girls’ vs. Grove game is at the bottom of this story
(BLUFFTON) - Bluffton’s boys basketball needed to down Columbus Grove to stay in the immediate hunt for the Northwest Conference championship. The Bulldogs were able to control the fourth quarter and earned a 49-43 victory to remain undefeated in league play.  Bluffton slipped to 3-2 in NWC games and 11-4 overall. 

Keys to the Game

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By Chelsie Niese
RN, Clinical Educator at Bridge Home Health and Hospice

Many patients and their families decline hospice care because the patient is “not ready to die.” I understand and have empathy toward someone who does not want to die, but receiving hospice care does not cause death. The reality is hospice care enhances many patients’ quality of life so that they are able to enjoy more of their time with family and friends.

Women lose despite Mills’ 22 points

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The Bluffton University men's basketball team fought off the Earlham College Quakers for a big 77-68 Heartland Conference win at the Sommer Center on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Although the Beavers never led throughout the entire first stanza, they fought back in the second half to take down the Quakers in a pivotal HCAC tilt. Bluffton improved to 14-4 overall and 8-3 in the Heartland Conference, while Earlham fell to 5-12 and 4-6 in the HCAC.

BHS was awarded the Hildesheim Vase for the excellence of her classics program

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Margaret Zelma (Shelly) Weaver died on Jan. 20, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, Ohio.

Margaret was born in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 8, 1922, to Katie May (Rickert) and Elwood S. Shelly.  In 1939 she graduated from Pennsburg High School and began studying at Bluffton College, where she met Dick Weaver.  She and Dick were married on June 8, 1943.

Margaret taught English and coached girls' softball for a year in Linden, Michigan, before leaving for Puerto Rico where she served with Dick in alternative service from 1944-46. She taught English there.

Several seats will be on the ballot

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This is an election year for voters in the Bluffton school district.

On the Nov. 5 ballot will be candidates for Bluffton mayor, two Bluffton council seats, two Bluffton school board seats, one Richland Township trustee seat and one Monroe Township trustee seat. Beaverdam voters will select a mayor and two council  members.

In addition, the Bluffton school board will place two renewal levies. Those levies will be on the May 7 primary ballot.

2nd quarter honor roll for 2018-19

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Click here for the  Bluffton High School honor roll

Here is the Bluffton Middle School honor roll for the second quarter grading period of the 2018-19 school year.  –

All “A” Honor Roll

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After 25 years of service, Michael Schoenhofer, executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin Counties will retire on Jan. 31.

Schoenhofer has served as president of the Lima Rotary Club and president of the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities. He has served on the Governor’s Advisory Board at the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Social Work Advisory Board at Bluffton University, the Allen County Health Department Board, and West Central Learning Academy’s Board.

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