December 2019

Edgewood Skate Arena’s Christmas Skate Benefit will be Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 6-8:30 p.m. to benefit the D.A.R.E. program.  

Admission is $3 and skate rental is $2-3.  Bring a non-perishable food item and receive a free soft drink. 

Prizes will be awarded, including a new pair of rollerskates to one boy and one girl in attendance.

The arena is located at 2170 Edgewood Dr., Lima. 

With offices in Bluffton and Ft. Jennings

A Bluffton business changed hands earlier this fall as Jason and Tammy Kinsinger announce their purchase of Vetter Lumber of Bluffton and Ft. Jennings.

Known as “your hometown lumberyard,” locations are 501 Harmon Road, Bluffton, and 235 N. Water St., Ft. Jennings.

Kinsinger has a background in construction and stone quarry management. He worked with his father, Mark Kinsinger, for several years in house construction and remodeling. For the past seven years he operated Putnam Aggregates, Ottawa.

Dr. Jessica Aderman, pediatric hospitalist at Bluffton Hospital

Dr. Jessica Aderman, D.O., is one of the first people to greet newborns at Bluffton Hospital.

Joining the staff on Nov. 11, Dr. Aderman is the second pediatric hospitalist at Bluffton. She and Dr. Jennifer Hohman, M.D., share duties of meeting each Bluffton Hospital newborn within 24 hours of birth.

In addition to Drs. Aderman and Hohman, Dr. Darrel Hotmire, D.O., Bluffton physician, also provides some newborn care at the hospital.

Apollo Career Center will host a Tech Cred Information session, Thursday, Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., in the Apollo Fred D. Goare Room. Over 40 businesses from around the state will be in attendance.

Presenters from Apollo Career Center Adult Education, The Ohio State University, Rhodes State College and UNOH will be sharing information with businesses about their training programs, as well as explaining how the State of Ohio’s Tech Cred program works.

Antonio Crossty (Wooster) has been named Third Team All-North Region by D3football.com following a junior campaign in which he equaled the school record with 70 solo tackles.

The junior was named First Team All-Heartland Conference when the HCAC handed out its post-season hardware following the 2019 season. He was one of just four from the HCAC to be earn All-North Region honors.

Adult division and youth division

Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting teams for its indoor 3v3 soccer holiday tournaments.

Tournament schedule
• Adults, Saturday, Dec. 28, cash prize
• Youth divisions, Sunday, Dec. 29

Deadline to register is Sunday, Dec. 15, and the team registration fee is $75.

To register call BFR at 419-358-4150 or register online at www.bfronline.com. BFR is located at 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting registrations for its Friday, Dec. 20, School Day Out Camp, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

The camp is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and is available for youth ages 5 to 12. Price for members is $15, program participants $30.

To register call BFR at 419-358-4150 or register online at www.bfronline.com. BFR is located at 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

Truck issues have caused Republic Recycling to delay the normal Wednesday, Dec. 11, Bluffton reycling pick up until Thursday, Dec. 12, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, announced that the village is accepting sealed bids on two of its properties. Each bid is a three-year farm cash lease.

Details follow: 

Village council are receiving sealed bids for a 3-year farm cash lease for agricultural use at town hall, 154 N. Main St., P.O. Box 63, until 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 27. The bids are for the following properties:

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce announces the following float winners from this year's Blaze of Lights parade, according to Paula Scott, CEO.

The winners are:

  1. Tri-County Family Assembly of God
  2. Citizens National Bank
  3. Bluffton Dari Freeze

The Chamber prize goes to St. Mary's Christian Preschool.

The mayor's prize goes to Bluffton Child Development Center's float.

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