The 2nd annual Bluffton celebration of Porchfest is Saturday, August 30 from 12 noon-7:45 p.m. A schedule with map is HERE and spreadsheet with addresses and times is HERE. The color coded schedule lists 27 performers, open mic opportunities and 13 venues. Food trucks will be located on Vine and Huber streets. Updates will be posted on Facebook HERE.
BLUFFTON__The host Bluffton High School girls golf team finished second in a three-team match on Wednesday, August 27 at the Bluffton Golf Course.
Northwest Conference foe Delphos Jefferson nosed out the Pirate girls by four strokes, 218-222. Ottoville finished a distant third with 279 strokes.
Co-match medalist Katie Bauman led Bluffton with a solid round of 44 on the par-36 front nine. She finished tied for first individually in the field of 13 golfers with DJ ace Brylee Geary.
VAN WERT - The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished second in a very close and competitive Northwest Conference quadrangular match at Hickory Sticks Golf Course in Van Wert on Wednesday, August 27.
Lincolnview edged Bluffton in a fifth-man playoff after both teams ended up with a total score of 157. Allen East finished right behind them by just one stroke at 158, with Crestview last at 180.
Bluffton improved to 9-4 and 4-2 in NWC play with the results.
WAPAKONETA__The visiting Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 4-1 to WBL foe Wapakoneta in a dual match on Wednesday, August 27.
Wapak improved to 8-1 with their seventh consecutive win, while the Pirates fell to 2-5 after the loss.
The Pirate tandem of Peighton Bowers and Leah Hoffman swept Redskins Allisa Collins and Lily Dodds at second doubles 6-0, 6-3 to provide the Bluffton win.
“Leah and Peighton stayed strong and extended their win streak to six matches,” said Pirate head coach Trish Nieman.
Committee above) Emily Hilty, Rachel Skilliter, Trustworthy Schumacher, Deron Martin (DJM419), Kathy Dickson Sider, Sarah Phillips. CLICK gallery to enlarge and view at your own pace.
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Organizers from First Mennonite Church (FMC) drew a broad sampling of permanent and temporary Bluffton residents to A Taste of Bluffton on Saturday, Aug. 23. The first-time event offered $5 servings from Bluffton restaurants, specialty food businesses and carryouts, as well as tunes by DJM 419, live music by Wendy Chappell-Dick and Phil Gratz, games, t-shirt dying and Bingo.
Created as a way to introduce Bluffton University students to food services in the Village, A Taste of Bluffton proved to also be a way for them to meet the people of Bluffton. The event was well received by local businesses with almost all local food purveyors participating. The FMC FUN committee spent almost a year working out the details.
By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
In November of 1982, Kenny Loggins released the song Heart to Heart, which he co-wrote with Michael McDonald of Doobie Brothers fame. The team of Loggins and McDonald were known for such hits as What a Fool Believes and This Is It. Loggins is famous for his various film soundtracks including Footloose, Caddyshack and Top Gun. Loggins produced seven albums with his music partner, Jim Messina.
