The Bluffton Council met on Monday, April 13 with Mayor Rich Johnson presiding. Ohio Northern Engineering students made a presentation on potential traffic and streetscape improvements. Topics under discussion included the adoption of Bluffton Police Department body cameras and the development of public pickleball courts. A scheduled AEP power outage for parts of Bluffton on Saturday, April 18, is expected to occur from about 3:00-8:00 a.m.
McCOMB__The Bluffton High School softball team lost at non-league foe McComb 7-4 on Tuesday, April 13.
The Panthers scored two runs in both the first and second innings to build an early 4-0 lead.
Bluffton plated a run in the top of the fourth, but McComb matched it in the home fourth to maintain a 5-1 advantage.
The Pirates pushed two runs across the plate in the fifth inning to inch within 5-3. The Panthers tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth frames to rebuild the margin to 7-3.
McCOMB__The Bluffton baseball team was tied with McComb 5-5 after seven innings on Tuesday, April 14 when the game was suspended by rain and lightning.
No makeup date to resume play has been set yet.
The Pirates (0-3) are slated to entertain non-conference foe Ottoville (1-5) on Wednesday. The Big Green pounded Pandora-Gilboa 19-3 on Tuesday.
Bluffton (0-1 NWC) then hosts winless league rival Delphos Jefferson (0-7, 0-2 NWC) Thursday.
MEDIA RELEASE__Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY) Director Kara Wente today announced a new partnership between DCY and Ohio 211 to expand services to all 88 counties, ensuring every Ohioan can access local community resources no matter where they live. The statewide expansion will be fully implemented by the end of June 2026.
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For four days in March, the Global Communication Club at Bluffton High School hosted 10 students and 2 English teachers from Ogawa High School in Japan.
The Japanese students stayed with local host families, attended classes at Bluffton High School and participated in a variety of cultural and community activities. They also visited with employees at SumiRiko Ohio, a supplier of anti-vibration products to the auto industry, which is headquartered in Japan.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__On Thursday, April 23 at 2 p.m., Dan Groman from the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society, will host a meeting about Bluffton's "museum in the making."
Several exhibits are in the works: John Dillinger gang robbery in Bluffton, Dr. Boyd Travis model trains, interurban railways and the Dixie Highway through Bluffton.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER___On Saturday, April 18, from 11 to 1, the Bluffton Senior Center will host Colonial Games and Pastimes as part of America 250 celebration in Bluffton. Eight different games will be played:
SCAVENGER HUNT TRIP
June 3 Departs 6:45 a.m. Come visit the American Sign Museum and Jungle Jim’s International Market. We will have a guided tour of both AND have a scavenger hunt. In between we will have a yummy lunch at Tickle Pickle. Cost is $125 due at sign up. Level 3 lots of walking. Last day May 1.
