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Bluffton's annual spring clean up takes place from Saturday, May 21, through Friday, May 30, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

Dumpsters for village residents will be at the service department garage on North Spring Street.

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Bluffton school board will act on approving the graduates of the class of 2016 on Monday evening during the regular May board meeting.

The list is an attachment to this story, as is the Monday agenda.

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Both Bluffton High School girls' and boys' track and field teams finished in second place at this year's Northwest Conference track meet in Ada. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Bluffton High School boys’ and girls’ track teams both finished runner-up in the Northwest Conference meet in Ada on May 14. Columbus Grove won both boys’ and girls’ titles.

BHS junior Trevor Bassitt was named male athlete of the year.

A list of preliminary and final places are in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Here are Bluffton’s first place finishers:

Girls’
1400 meter – Haley Baker, junior

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The April student of the month at Bluffton High School is Marley Runk, daughter of Tim and Megan Runk. Marley is a junior at Bluffton with a 4.000 gpa. She is involved in Drama club, Latin Club, National Honor Society, Show Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and is on the yearbook staff.

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Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) was recently recognized at the Gold Level by The Partnership for Excellence (TPE), Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana’s Performance Excellence Program.

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