VAN WERT__The visiting Bluffton High School girls tennis team defeated Western Buckeye League foe Van Wert decisively 4-1 on Tuesday, September 16.
The Pirate team improved to 5-8 after the impressive victory. Van Wert dropped to 1-9 with the defeat.
“Van Wert was a great opponent who played with honesty, competitiveness, and sportsmanship,” said Bluffton head coach Trisha Nieman. “Matches were well-fought across all courts, and it was an enjoyable night of tennis.
FROM FACEBOOK__On Friday, October 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m., the Quarry Farm Nature Preserve will host the Great Fall Sketch Mob at 14321 Road 7L, Pandora.
The hosts explain, "There is a current movement called the Urban Sketch Mob. Instead of people randomly dancing and singing together in train stations, shopping centers, etc., one person sits down with a sketch book and others join in until there is a whole studio.
MEDIA RELEASE__Pandora-Gilboa High School will celebrate Homecoming on Friday, September 26 including the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen at 6:20 p.m.
The 2025 Homecoming Court includes the following members: Freshmen
Josie Gerding
Jett Diller
The Bluffton Board of Education held its monthly meeting on September 15 in the Elementary School Media Center. Board action included approving a $1.26M bid for constructing an (artificial) turf field next to the elementary school playground.
The bid was made through a joint purchasing program, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Maumee Bay Turf, Inc. submitted a bid for $1,263,780. Construction is set to begin in mid-October.
The downtown Bluffton scarecrow decorating contest is back. Scarecrow creations need to be up by Friday, October 3 to be included in the competition. Contact Liz Gordon-Hancock at [email protected] to enter this year's contest.
Any organization or business is encouraged to adopt a lamp post on downtown Main Street and put up a scarecrow or other three-dimensional, family-friendly, fall-themed figure.
The Board of Zoning & Building Appeals will meet at 6:00 p.m on Monday, September 22 at Bluffton Town Hall. The item under consideration is a variance request for off-street parking for a property at 126 N. Jackson St. where an office is being converted to an apartment.
This meeting is a followup to a September 15 public hearing.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Bluffton-Pandora Garden Club will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18 at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.
The new program topic is "Foraging Wild Food, Forest Bathing, and the Sensory Experience of Nature." Doreen Martin, a certified natural mindfulness guide, from the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District is the presenter.
Garden club programs are all free and open to the public.
Evan Skilliter '14, assistant professor of health, fitness and sport science at Bluffton University, will present "The Cost of Competition: What's Happened to Youth Sports and Can We Fix It?" at 11 a.m. on Sept. 23 in Yoder Recital Hall.
Skilliter will examine how modern youth sports systems can suppress healthy development in young athletes and explore ways to reclaim their original purpose: joy, growth and connection.
The Bluffton Child Development Center, 325 County Line Rd. Bluffton Ohio 45817, announces sponsorship of the USDA-funded Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for Fiscal Year 2026.
See the attached document for eligibility guidelines effective July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.
