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Routes range from a 10-mile Fun Loop to a 63-mile Main Loop. Ride all of the loops for a total of 110 miles. Proceeds benefit Bluffton Pathways Project 

The seventh annual Ride to Remember returns after a one-year in-person absence on Saturday, July 10. The ride is sponored by the Bluffton Lions Club Foundation.

The planning committee made the decision that this event can be safely held with certain COVID-19 precautions. And for riders who are still cautious about a group event, an on-your-own virtual event, similar to last year, will also be an option.

Ben Moser has joined First National Bank, Pandora, as a community lending associate.

Moser is responsible for establishing and expanding customer relationships for the bank in Pandora and the surrounding areas.

He handles consumer loans, home equity lines of credit, ag loans and commercial loans.

“Ben has been a great addition to our lending team,” said Todd Mason, president/CEO of First National Bank.

Physicals for 2021-22 given on May 28

By Alex Hanna
Bluffton HS athletic director

This column was originally published in the school’s spring newsletter.

The high school and middle school sponsored seven sports in the fall season. Sports offered for athletes in high school include cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, tennis, soccer, golf, and football. Total participants for the fall season in the high school were approximately 200 students. 

Philip Sugden, Bluffton University art professor, has an exhibit currently open at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts' in Findlay. The exhibit is in the Performing Arts’ Fisher/Wall Art Gallery. Click here for details of the art show.

Philip Sugden, Bluffton University professor of studio art and gallery director, show open through June 30

Philip Sugden, Bluffton University art professor, has an exhibit currently open at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts' in Findlay.

The exhibit is in the Performing Arts’ Fisher/Wall Art Gallery. It is the current exhibition by MCPA/Fifth Third Bank Wall of Fame inductee, Philip Sugden, titled, “Inland Empire: Recent Work by Artist, Philip Sugden.”

About the artist
Born and raised in Swanage, Dorset, England, Sugden is a graduate of the New York School of Visual Arts and the Paris American Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris.

Freshman Braeden Jordan hit 2 singles, scored 3 runs, stole 5 bases to ignite the Pirate offense. Freshman Kerry Wright singled twice, scored 4 runs, had 1 RBI

By Cort Reynolds
RAWSON - The visiting Bluffton baseball team jumped out to an early lead and staved off a late rally to defeat local rival Cory-Rawson 13-10 in non-league play Friday evening.

The Pirates led 6-0 early and extended the margin to 13-5 after five frames. C-R tallied five runs in the sixth and seventh innings to inch within three, but could get no closer.

Freshman-laden Bluffton improved to 1-24 with their first win, while Cory-Rawson dropped to 5-16 with the defeat.

Bluffton out-hit C-R 8-7, drew nine walks and swiped 13 bases.

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