January 2020

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Several committee meetings are scheduled for this month. They are:

  • Ordinance Committee – Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 p.m. 
  • Parks & Recreation Committee – Wednesday, January 22 at noon.
  • Streets & Alleys Committee – Wednesday, January, 22 at 5:30 p.m. 
  • Safety Services Committee – Monday, January 27 at 6:30 p.m.
  • Council Meeting – Monday, January 27 at 7 p.m.

These meetings are open to the public and are held at the Village’s town hall.

Kathryn Basinger is the local realtor with the company

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Irwin Real Estate has opened an office in Bluffton, according to Teresa Irwin, principal broker with the company.

Kathryn Basinger is the realtor in the Bluffton branch, located at 138 N. Main St.

She said that she can handle residential, commercial, business and land listings. Office hours are Mondays to Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays by appointment. The Bluffton office phone is 419-957-2637.

Teresa Irwin established Irwin Real Estate in 2001. Today it has offices in Columbus Grove, Ottawa and now Bluffton.

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The Bluffton Community Assistance Program board will hold its winter meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17, at St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Ed Yeager, board president.

The board oversees the Bluffton food pantry in addition to the community assistance it provides to the Bluffton school district community.

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Troy Tyrone Duer, 58, of Bluffton, died on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at his residence.

He was born Aug. 27, 1961, in Lima to Judi Duer; she preceded him in death in 2008.

He is survived by a son, John (Abby Lopshire) Duer of Van Wert; a daughter, Katie Duer of Florida; and a grandson, Bentley Duer.

Troy was a high school graduate and had been a truck driver for many years.

Private funeral services will be at a later date. Arrangements are handled by Harter and Schier Funeral Home, Delphos. To leave condolences visit harterandschier.com

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Vendors and crafters needed for the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club's annual craft and garage sale at The Centre at Bluffton, 601 N. Main St., to be held on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-29.

If interested, contact Connie Anderson at [email protected] or call 419-233-2757.

During MLK Forum at Bluffton University Jan. 21

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Dr. LaShonda Gurley, director of the Center for Career and Vocation at Bluffton University, will present, “Walking the Talk: Transforming the Dream into Reality,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.

During the presentation, Gurley will relate portions of King’s well-known and often quoted 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech to the areas of bias and the privilege we recognize in 2020. 

Michael Kingsley is the only other Pirate to break that scoring barrier

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By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton turned back Leipsic 70-63 to gain a hard-earned non-conference boys basketball win Tuesday evening.

Click here for game photos by Marvin Foster.
Top 10 all-time scorer list at bottom of story

Pirate senior Luke Denecker scored 22 points to become the second Bluffton boys player to tally more than 1,000 career points. 

Open house from 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 30

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Bluffton Community Preschool is accepting enrollments for the 2020-21 school year. 

An open house takes takes from 6 to 8 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 30, at Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main St. 

"We encourage those interested in our program to stop by, take a tour of the classrooms, meet the teachers and ask questions," said Christine Clymer, chair of the preschool board. 

"If you are not able to attend, we are happy to set up a time to meet with interested parents at the preschool," she said.

Why we read nursery rhymes to our children

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By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can...
Humpty dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty dumpty had a great fall...

I'm reading these Mother Goose rhymes to my two-year-old, as part of his bed-time stories.

Have you ever stopped to think about these nursery rhymes and what these stories or words mean?

So many of these rhymes just don't make sense: Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the what?

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Guy Rhodes, 77, of Bluffton died Jan. 14, 2020, at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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