Word is getting out about Bluffton's police department. The word is something that village residents already knew: We have a excellent police force.
An American Red Cross Award now hangs on the wall in the Bluffton Police Department.
Rick Skillier, police chief, informed Bluffton council on Monday that the department was recently recognized by the Allen County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Village of Bluffton's North Dixie Highway annexation hearing hit another snag this week. The hearing was set for 10 a.m., Thursday, April 28, in the Allen County courthouse. That hearing is now cancelled.
A letter of explanation is being sent to property owners in the proposed annexation area. That letter follows:
To the Property Owners in the Proposed Annexation Area to the Village of Bluffton
Not much appears to have changed at the Suter Cider Press between Bluffton and Pandora. Here's a color slide taken by Paul Diller in the early 1950s.
Looks like a early 1950s-Ford, GMC truck, Chrysler (?), and perhaps a Studebaker in line for cider. Icon viewers may correct our automobile identifications.
Two Bluffton University students from Findlay, will present their junior recitals jointly at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in Yoder Recital Hall. Kitanya Murray will perform on alto saxophone and soprano saxophone, while Stephanie Patterson will give a piano and voice recital. The event is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
Murray, a student of Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, will present numbers by Alexander Glazounov, Benedetto Marcello, Domenico Cimarosa and Jascha Gurewich.
