Four area seniors received Bluffton Lions Club scholarships this spring.
Recipients are: Luke Denecker, Bluffton, major in business with emphases in finance and data analytics Ana Neufeld Weaver, Bluffton, major in music education Riley Garmatter, Cory-Rawson, major in early childhood education Brandon Zuercher, Cory-Rawson, major as an animal nutritionist
Bluffton’s Police Department received $1,500 to donate to the Bluffton schools for safety equipment, according to Ryan Burkholder, police chief.
Police department members Officer Hope Hannah, Lt. Mathew Oglesbee and Chief. Burkholder took an online training course, offered by the Ohio Attorney General Office, to help keep children safe while learning.
Bluffton University’s 23rd annual Alumni and Friends Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, July 25, at Bluffton Golf Club.
Registration for the event is $90 per golfer or $360 for a complete team of four at www.bluffton.edu/golf by July 18. This year’s event will include on-course games and challenges to enhance team position and a silent auction.
We asked viewers to identify this scene in Bluffton. Well, it turned out to be a tough one. The answer is below. It's the entrance to the Bluffton University football stadium.
A celebration of life for Martha (Betty) Jolliff takes place 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3, at The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Great Room at 5436 State Route 309 E., Kenton.
She died Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 9:32 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Click here for her previously posted obituary.
Story and photo by Diane Glock-Essinger
Recognize this familiar street corner of Main and College?
If you were out on Tuesday, June 16, you may have noticed two tired and sunburnt young men passing through town. Ryan Ellis and Eric Pujari are walking for Joshua’s Place, a community program out of South Lebanon, Ohio.
So far, they have walked approximately 62 miles and their next stop – Lima.
Ryan is from South Lebanon and Eric is from Dayton. They began their journey at the Ohio/Michigan border and are walking to the Ohio River.
In the late 1920s, long-time coach and athletic director A.C. Burcky suggested the beaver as Bluffton’s mascot.
His rationale, according to “Dancing with the Kobzar: Bluffton College and Mennonite Higher Education,” was beavers are resourceful, don’t tire easily, accomplish more with less and work hard to make the world a better place.
One hundred years later, that’s exactly what today’s Bluffton Beavers did despite their seasons ending early, classes moving online and the difficulties of being separated from their friends and teammates due to the coronavirus.
