At 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will host its second Show 'N Tell event at the 1899 Depot at Buckeye Park, 405 N. Spring St. (a.k.a. the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club). Pictured here are the folks who participated in the January 2025 event. All are invited to bring items of local historical interest.
FROM BSC NEWSLETTER__Trent Boedicker from Putnam County Homecare and Hospice will be leading a non-denominational Bible Study at the Bluffton Senior Center starting on Monday October 20 at 9:30 and running for six weeks. Trent has been in full-time ministry for the past 25 years, over 20 of those years at Grace Gospel Church in Ada. The study is called "The I Am Sayings of Jesus: Knowing Christ More Deeply". Reservations requested so that we have enough materials ready.
OCT 8 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University is pleased to announce that Dr. Gerald J. Mast has been appointed the Harry and Jean Yoder Scholar in Bible and Religion.
The appointment provides Mast with annual funds to support scholarly research and writing in areas related to Anabaptist-Mennonite life and thought. As part of the role, he will also serve as editor of the C. Henry Smith Series in Anabaptist Culture and Thought, formerly the C. Henry Smith Series, and deliver one Yoder Scholar Lecture per year on a topic related to biblical, religious or Anabaptist studies.
Except for breaking news, the Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon will be closed and on pause on Monday, October 13 for Indigenous Peoples' Day (Columbus Day) holiday.
Please continue to send us information and inquiries 24/7 to [email protected]. You may also leave a message at 567-400-4266.
COLUMBUS GROVE__ The Bluffton cross country teams competed in the Northwest Conference championship meet at Columbus Grove on Saturday, October 11.
The Pirate boys finished fifth out of five teams, while the Bluffton girls came in fourth out of four teams at the league race.
Crestview won the boys team title with 24 points, while Columbus Grove finished second with 31. Lincolnview was third (72), followed by Allen East (126) and Bluffton (128).
OCT 8 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University has elected three alumni to its board of trustees: Pete Suter, Malissa Takacs and Matt McQuown.
Pete Suter '94, MAOM '02
Suter, of Bluffton and Pandora, Ohio, is a two-time Bluffton graduate. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and business administration in 1994 and a master's degree in organizational management in 2002. He later completed a doctorate in business administration in marketing at Anderson University in 2008 and is pursuing a law degree at the University of Toledo.
