The visiting Bluffton volleyball team won a four-set non-league match at Arlington Tuesday night, September 7.
The Pirate girls improved to 4-2 after the 25-20, 21-25, 25-18, 25-14 victory. The Lady Red Devils fell to 1-5 with the defeat.
Senior middle hitter Kylie Stackhouse led the Pirates with 26 kills and two blocks. Freshman middle Ayla Grandey knocked down a dozen kills.
Bluffton setter Skyler Scoles passed out 50 assists. Senior Kylie Monday came up with 11 digs and served four aces. Senior libero Sophie Bricker added seven digs.
The following letter was issued in August 2021 by 17 Putnam County physicians and nurses, including several that practice in the Village of Bluffton.
Back to school time! We are celebrating the beginning of another school year in person. The question on many minds is whether or not masks are necessary in our schools. And politics aside, all of us, parents, school administrators and staff, grandparents, and all champions of children, have just one concern: What is best for the kids?
Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Rd, rural Bluffton, will observe the 160th anniversary of its affiliation with what is now the United Church of Christ on Sunday, Sept. 12.
Commemorating the occasion with its annual Rally Day at the church, the congregation will dedicate 160 (or more) school kits to Church World Services, which supplies kits to areas of need throughout the world. For example, in the United States there currently are several disaster areas where school kits may be needed.
