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Thomas "Thom" M. Craig, 74, passed away August 26, 2023, at Mennonite Memorial Home.

Thomas was born June 8, 1949 in Lima to Paul and Helen (Corderman) Craig who preceded him in death. On June 20, 1970 he married Cheryl (Craven) Craig who survives. 

By Cort Reynolds

MILLER CITY–The Bluffton High School volleyball team split a tri-match at Miller City Saturday morning.

The Pirates ran their record to 3-2 after the split.

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bath girls team shut out the Bluffton High School girls soccer team 6-0 Saturday afternoon at Steinmetz Field.

Haydn O’Donnell scored in the second minute to put Bath on top early. She added a goal in the 52nd minute.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team defeated visiting local rival Pandora-Gilboa 28-21 Friday night in a non-league battle at Harmon Field.

The hard-fought win lifted the Pirate record to 2-0, while P-G dropped to 1-1 with the loss.

Just 15 seconds into the game, Bluffton struck paydirt. 

Garret Bogart connected with Braeden Jordan on a short pass to the right. Jordan broke a tackle around the 35-yard line and sprinted untouched the rest of the way 67 yards to the end zone.

Inside the Pirate five, P-G’s Ben Burkholder ran left for three yards and was stuck hard by Jordan at the goal line. The big hit jarred the ball loose, but the runner was ruled to have just crossed the plane to score and tie it 7-7.

The Bluffton High School Marching Band performs on the video of the Bluffton vs. Pandora-Gilboa football game at https://www.youtube.com/live/NkLfGEVSqzQ?si=_rjfkNzH4N432T0Q  / PHOTO by Marvin Foster

I enjoyed reading of the recent Dillinger robbery reenactment. I am reading through the old Bluffton News online and found this about the auction of some furnishings from the Citizens Bank. Wonder where these furnishings are now that probably were in the bank at the time of the robbery.

Tom Olson
Plain City, OH

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