FINDLAY, OH — The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation has extended the Building Community Through Neighborhood Revitalization special grant opportunity deadline. This grant opportunity focuses on neighborhood revitalization and beautification projects. Applications are now due September 23, 2024 (previously September 16).
OTTAWA __ The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed at the 22-team Ottawa Blue and Gold Invitational Saturday morning, September 14.
Van Wert won the boys team title with 49 points. Bryan finished second with 74 points, followed by Defiance Tinora (103). Bath came in fourth with 123. Napoleon nosed out host Ottawa-Glandorf to win the girls team meet, 79-87. Kenton finished third with 120 points.
By Alissa Ibarra
Peer Recovery Supporter, Behavioral Health Services – Blanchard Valley Health System
My name is Alissa, and I am an addict and alcoholic in recovery. Today, I work as a peer recovery supporter, using my lived experience with addiction to help others find a path toward healing. When I was younger, I believed that people addicted to drugs could quit if they wanted to. That belief changed when I experienced addiction firsthand after a stillbirth at age 28. In my grief and trauma, I turned to drugs to cope.
ABOVE) Harmon Field 100th anniversary commemorative coaster, Bluffton Town Hall.
By Paula Pyzik Scott
The first Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting of the Sept. 2024-May 2025 season took place on Friday, September 13. Local business and non-profit representatives as well as individual members attended the breakfast and program on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall.
BACC director Jim Enneking invited members to make announcements, which included the following:
Terry Marshall was born June 2, 1942 and raised in Bluffton, Ohio. The oldest of five children, he would go on to become a leader in all aspects of his life. He became an Eagle Scout, high school senior class president, track star in both Bluffton High and Bluffton College and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.
The Bluffton High School music boosters have extended the deadline for ordering limited-edition dimensional coasters that commemorate the 100th anniversary of Harmon Field.
The engraved wood coasters with an acrylic cover feature a facsimile of the Bluffton Pirates football field and the words "100 years 1924-2024, Harmon Field, BHS, Bluffton, Ohio."
Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m.-3:00 p.m., multiple locations
The Bluffton community’s 19th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on September 28. All events are free unless otherwise noted, and free parking is available at all locations.
Bluffton Cars & Coffee: 8-11 a.m. at Masterpiece Signs, 902 N. Main
Bluffton Discovery Days sponsored by the Bluffton Chamber of Commerce. Visit Bluffton businesses for a chance to win prizes.
LIMA __ The visiting Bluffton girls soccer squad scored 12 first half goals and went on to defeat Lima Central Catholic 12-0 in a Northwest Conference mismatch on Thursday night, September 12.
The Pirate record improved to 5-2-1 overall and 3-0 in NWC play after the blowout win. LCC fell to 0-7 overall and 0-4 in the NWC with the lopsided loss.
Pirate Jordan Schweingruber started the onslaught with an unassisted goal in the sixth minute.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School boys soccer team scored a pair of goals early in the second half to defeat visiting Kenton 2-0 in a non-league match on Thursday evening, September 12, at Steinmetz Field.
The Pirate record improved to 3-6 with the victory. The Wildcats fell to 3-3-2 after the shutout loss.
The game was scoreless at halftime. Bluffton’s Chase Kelly then broke the ice with a goal in the 44th minute on an assist by Jackson Brauen.
No. In my adolescent years, the kids in my Lawn Avenue-Elm Street neighborhood did not know how lucky we were. That’s because Bob Wilch, an adult, but a kid at heart, lived in our neighborhood.
Trust me, he was the friendliest adult to kids – outside of our parents – who you could imagine. I thought about him recently when I read his obituary on The Icon.
