Know your trees or wish you knew them better? The Village Arboretum, located on the Lake Street shore of Cob Lake at County Line Road, has a variety of labeled trees that are rapidly responding to warmer weather. Click the underlined title to reveal the tree shown here.
During Bluffton University's spring semester--which is wrapping up with finals the week of May 1--athletes visited Bluffton elementary and middle schools for a series of "High-five Fridays."
Baseball coach James Grandy reports that at first some children didn't know what to make of the line-up of young men and women who were there to encourage them and celebrate going to school.
By April 29, he notes, children were "sprinting through the line." It proved to be a fantastic experience for the university guests and K-12 school hosts.
Several members of the Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters worked on sewing baby quilts during a recent retreat at Bluffton Town Hall, with over twenty-five quilts to be donated to Allen County Children Services in Lima.
The sewers spread out over the large third floor meeting room, where they meet on a regular basis.
UPDATED: The score originally reported for this game was incorrect.
By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton High School baseball team lost 5-4 to visiting Delphos Jefferson in a Northwest Conference makeup contest Friday night, April 29.
Bluffton hosts Arlington (6-8) in a non-league doubleheader Saturday at 11 a.m. They then host Columbus Grove (12-3, 2-2 NWC) in a conference contest Monday, May 2.
The Bluffton High School varsity softball team lost to visiting Delphos Jefferson 14-3 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Friday evening, April 29.
DJ plated six runs in both the second and seventh innings to upset Bluffton.
The Wildcats led 8-0 after three frames. The Pirates scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the sixth to inch within 8-3. But then DJ put the game away with six more runs in the seventh.
Jessa Rostorfer slammed a two-run homer in the seventh, and also doubled for the Wildcats.
