Details from the August 9 Second Saturday event at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd., will be featured on a future episode of WBGU-PBS Scenic Stops & Stories. A video crew captured activities including hearth cooking by Van Risser. Visitors also learned about the woodworking shop with docent Raina Rausch and got a preview of the Swiss Community Historical Society's Heritage Center.
The articles feature Steiner's knowledge of locomotives, excursion trains, trolley service to Lima and Findlay, railroad accidents and more. Steiner's collection of photographs span the late 1800s to his own images from the 2000s.
FINDLAY – The Bluffton High School boys golf team competed in the 12-team Liberty-Benton Invitational tournament at Sycamore Springs Golf Course in Findlay on Friday, August 8.
Van Buren won the title at 318 strokes, with host L-B five shots behind at 323. Ottoville took third (327), followed by Kalida (329), Bellevue (334), Upper Sandusky (342) and Bluffton (349).
Rival Allen East was three shots behind the Pirates at 352, followed by Van Wert (362), LCC (380) and Arlington (405) and Pandora-Gilboa (462).
LIMA__The Bluffton High School girls tennis squad opened its season by finishing fourth in the day-long, six-team Lima City tournament on a hot Saturday, August 9 at the Collett Street Courts.
Wapakoneta won the event with 24 points. Ottawa-Glandorf finished second with 17 points, followed by Elida (14), Bluffton (8), host Lima Senior (6) and Bath (6).
The Redskin girls were represented in all five title matches, winning four.
A large stone with this inscription now marks the 405 N. Spring St. location of the 1899 Depot that has served as clubhouse for the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club since being moved in 1985-1986: "Kenny Moser and Walt Carroll worked with the Norfolk & Western R.R. to donate and transfer ownership of the Depot from Railroad St. to this location. Charlie Swank and Roger Edwards worked to move the Depot along with many Club members who worked to refurbish and complete it. Jim Herrmann and Wilbur Bracy spent every day tending to the needs of the Depot from maintenance to repair. This was indeed a true labor of love for many Club members."
