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FROM THE BEAVER ECHO__The 2026 Beaverdam School Reunion will be ehld on Saturday, May 2 at the Swiss Heritage Center at Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd., Bluffton.

The event will begin with an optional tour of the Schumacher farmhouse from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Heritage Center doors will open at 4:30 p.m.

Reservations are due by April 20. Send $25/person or donations to Jackie Hughes, 8054 Township Rd. 89, Findlay, OH 45840. 

There will be door prizes and 50/50 tickets sold at the event.

Geoffrey S. Wolfrom, 78, passed away April 16, 2026, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. Geoffrey was born on November 21, 1947, in Bluffton to the late Orlan and Miriam (Schaeublin) Wolfrom. On September 9, 1972, he married Doris Karhoff Wolfrom, and she survives. 

The following results are from April 10-16 of the Bluffton University 2025-26 athletics season as reported on www.BlufftonBeavers.com:

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MEDIA RELEASE__Check out programs coming to the Pandora branch (304 Hilty Dr.) of the Putnam County District Library in May 2026:

All Creatures Great and Small book discussion
May 5 at 5:00 p.m.

All are welcome to join Corey for a book discussion of All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. To reserve a copy of the book, please call 419-523-3747 ext. 3 or email [email protected].

How to Work with the MyChart App
May 18 at 1:30 p.m.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys tennis team tied visiting Shawnee 2-2 in a makeup match on Thursday evening, April 16.

The Pirates are 5-1-1 after the tie, as the second doubles match was canceled due to rain.

Pirate senior Grady Coonfare won 6-1, 6-2 at first singles.  

Pirate senior Isaiah Kohli lost at second singles 6-0, 6-3.

Senior Nick Lovett was beaten at third singles by a 6-4, 6-4 score.

Bluffton senior Hudson Phillips and junior Braydon McClure won at first doubles 6-4, 6-4.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School softball team pitched and hit well to knock off visiting Northwest Conference rival Delphos Jefferson 7-3 on Thursday, April 16.

Bluffton scored all seven runs in their final three at bats to pull off the upset. The Pirates fell behind 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth when their bats came alive.

Bluffton scored three runs in the home fifth to take a 4-2 lead. A three-run sixth extended their cushion to 7-2. DJ pushed one run across in the top of the seventh, but came up four runs short.

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