MEDIA RELEASE__Asia Johnson, director of storytelling and media productions at Zealous, will present “Beyond: A Film Screening Taking Us Beyond and Building Better” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The presentation will preview Beyond, a documentary that challenges viewers to consider a future beyond incarceration while listening to people closest to the realities of mass incarceration.
Johnson will encourage viewers to consider how communities can work toward healthier and safer environments both inside and outside of prison.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__The Ohio Northern University Healthwise Mobile Health Clinic will be at the Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28.
The mobile clinic will offer blood pressure testing and blood sugar checks as well as flu shots and Covid 19 shots. The Senior Center hopes to make this a monthly event.
MEDIA RELEASE__The Allen County Engineer's Office has announced that Columbus Grove-Bluffton Rd. will be closed between Tom Fett Rd. and Bentley Rd. starting Monday, October 26, 2026 for up to three weeks for gas line relocation work along the bridge.
Local access only on Columbus Grove-Bluffton Road. There will be no access across the bridge during this work.
In the attached photo, the yellow circle indicates where work is to be performed on the bridge.
BLUFFTON __Five players from the Bluffton High School girls soccer team that shared the Northwest Conference title were named all-league in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Pirate aces Nora Matthews, Samantha Ruller and Carli Wise made first-team all-league.
Sophomore Ruller has scored six goals this year. Senior Matthews has netted two goals with three assists. Junior Wise has tallied three goals and doled out two assists.
Amstutz is Player of the Year; Lee is Coach of the Year
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON__Six players from the Northwest Conference champion Bluffton High School boys soccer team earned first team all-league honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Pirate senior midfield ace Gavin Amstutz was named NWC Player of the Year, and Bluffton mentor Dan Lee was also named NWC Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches.
