L. Joan Deafendeffin, 90, of Bluffton went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 26, 2021 at ProMedica Charles & Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Michigan. Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend who was born on September 24, 1931 in Lima, Ohio to the late Elmer C. and Lorraine (Sauer) Michael. She married Harold Dee Deafendeffin on August 6, 1950 and he passed away on December 28, 2006.
Cory-Rawson High School (CRHS) will begin homecoming celebrations at the October 1 football game against Arcadia, at Spike Berry Field, 3930 County Road 26, Rawson. The homecoming king and queen will be announced in a crowning ceremony at 6:15 p.m. The homecoming dance on October 2 is themed "A Night in Hollywood." The homecoming ceremony and dance are planned by the CRHS Student Council.
The clock tower on Bluffton Town Hall awaits repair--the timekeeping problem has been diagnosed and parts are on order. Do you ever check the time using the clock face pointing back over the roof of the main building?
In 1963, Bob Dylan released the song Blowing in the Wind and it became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. His lyrics included “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind….Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.” Bob Dylan is a prolific songwriter who continues to produce music. His latest album release was Rough And Rowdy Ways in 2020. Bob Dylan has won 10 Grammy Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Bluffton University will celebrate Homecoming and Alumni Weekend 2021 on Friday, Oct. 1, and Saturday, Oct. 2.
Homecoming and Alumni Weekend events will be open to all alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends of the university. Along with cheering on the Beaver football and volleyball teams, the university will host alumni and affinity gatherings, campus tours, food trucks, Beaver Tail-Gating and inflatables. The 2000 Beaver football team will be honored during halftime of the football game for their HCAC championship.
At the Septemberr 27 regular meeting of the Village of Bluffton council, council members passed a first reading of ordinance no. 08-21 "to enact a no parking zone on the southeasterly size of South Lawn Avenue from West College Avenue to Grove Street in the Village of Bluffton, Ohio."
Four council members voted for the ordinance, two against. Discussion included the use of Lawn by school buses in the morning and afternoon, as well as the difficulty of plowing the street when snow accumulation is heavy due to cars parking further from the curbs.
