March 2019

Christopher A. "Chris" Wren, 58, died at 8:03 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2019, at his residence. 

Chris was born April 24, 1960, in Lima, to Gary and Trudy (Sellers) Wren. On Sept. 21, 2013 he married Carla Sue (Tibbs) Wren who survives in Bluffton, Ohio. 

Chris was a 1978 graduate of Bath High School. He retired from Time Warner Cable after 30 years of service.

But the best part of Dick – the part we will miss the most, is his explanation of obscure, yet significant Bluffton footnotes

When I think of Dick Jordan, several things come to mind.

• His license plate: 528 YZ. That was the family address on South Main Street.
• The Masonic Lodge. “A society of secrets, not a secret society,” or so he claimed.
• His Jordan triplet two brothers and one sister. My brother, Rudi, their contemporary, often said that Mrs. Jordan (their mother) should have been given sainthood. “She had Jordans three at one time.”
• His chuckle, reminiscent of the late Arden Baker’s.

Marilyn Eileen Augsburger, 77, of Pandora died on March 9, 2019. She was born on June 17, 1941, in Mt. Cory to the late Vernon L. and Odessa L. (Basinger) Augsburger. 

Marilyn was employed at Rosebrook's IGA, Ted's Market and the Hilty Memorial Home. She was a member of the Pandora United Methodist Church.

Survivors include three sisters, Janice Augsburger of Pandora, Margaret Miller of Bowling Green and Grace Burkhart of Columbus Grove.

Hosted by Transition Bluffton and Bluffton University Sustainability Club

Transition Bluffton and the Bluffton University Sustainability Club will present a panel discussion on responding to global climate change at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, in the Kreider Room  of Marbeck Center on the Bluffton University campus. It is open to the public at no charge.

The evening will begin with three panelists sharing their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual responses to the reality of global climate change. 

Story links show how it would affect Bluffton and Allen County

The Ohio Department of Transportation released searchable spreadsheets that give detailed numbers on what each Ohio county and municipality would receive based upon the proposed increase in the motor vehicle user fee called for in the department’s proposed 2020-21 budget.  

Ohio's cities, villages, counties, and townships would receive about 40 percent of the funding.

Telling difficult stories: reporting on sexual violence

Marie Osborne, anchor and reporter for WJR Radio in Detroit, will share “Telling Difficult Stories: Reporting on Sexual Violence,” during Bluffton University’s annual Women’s Studies Forum on Tuesday, March 19. The lecture begins at 11 a.m. in Bluffton’s Yoder Recital.

During the presentation, Osborne will describe the challenges of investigating stories off the beaten track such as her reporting on the sexual assault of female inmates in Michigan prisons.

Dr. Alex Sider, professor of religion at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium “Nothing About Us Without Us: Some Biopsychology Implications of Intellectual Disability for Christian Ethics” at 4 p.m. on Friday,  March 15, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.

This event is free and open to the public.

 

Several hundred Pirate faithful roared in the stands as Bluffton celebrated its most recent state champion

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By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(COLUMBUS) – Deandre Nassar completed what he set out to do. 

The Bluffton High School senior standout grappler capped his career with a state championship and did not lose a single match the entire season. 

Nassar closed the 2018-19 campaign with a 48-0 record and now has added his name to the long history of Pirate wrestlers who have also earned state championships in years past.

Was active in many community organizations

Bluffton businessman Richard "Dick" H. Jordan, 84, died March 8, 2019, at his daughter's residence in Bluffton. Dick was born May 17, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio, to the late James, Sr,. and Lenore (Willauer) Jordan. On Sept. 17, 1956, he married Mary Ann Fleming Jordan who survives.

Dick graduated from Bluffton High School in 1951. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving from 1956 - 1958 and later graduated from Bluffton College in 1984.

Marilyn Augsburger, 77, died on March 8, 2019, at her residence in Pandora.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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