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Bluffton High School has announced that on Tuesday, February 25, Juniors will be taking the ACT. In order to have the best testing environment for the Junior Class, there will be no school for 9th, 10th, and 12th grade students.

Grades K-8 will have a normal school day.

The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District has issued the attached 12-page Spring 2025 newsletter which is also available as a print mailer. Content includes:

  • Director's Corner "Core Focus" by Tyler Black
  • 2025 Summer Day Camps
  • Naturalist Notebook by Dan Hodges, "It Starts at Home!
  • Spring programs for March, April and May
  • Ottawa Metro Park Campground season opening in April
  • Donations
  • Cooperative Park Improvement Grant awards for 2025
  • Volunteer training in March and May
  • Volunteer opportunities

Pulling of invasive weeds at Motter Metro Park is scheduled for May 5. Volunteers can sign up via the Volunteer Portal, VicNet.

The Apollo Career Center Board of Education will hold a Regular Meeting on February 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

The Bluffton Exempted Village Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 20.

The agenda includes an executive session to consider an employment action and to approve the offer to purchase property from Eduardo and Amber Morales at 134 North Lawn Ave.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – Three Bluffton High School senior basketball standouts earned all-district honors in voting recently conducted by the District 8 Basketball Coaches Association.

Senior center Ayla Grandey was selected to play for the Red team in the girls District 8 All-Star Game Sunday, March 30 in the Elida Fieldhouse at 6:30 p.m. 

Grandey was named first team All-District 8 for Divs. I-V. She led Bluffton in scoring and rebounds. The Pirates girls basketball team ended up 13-10.

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