Bluffton schools are cancelled for Wednesday, Jan. 30, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent. The announcement was made on Ohio Alerts at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
A high of 46 last Wednesday and a low of -1 the day before. Here's the previous seven day weather highs and lows from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Columbus Grove Road, announced that it will be closed all day on Wednesday, Jan. 30. No evening activities will take place and offices will be closed.
Bluffton High School wrestler Deandre Nassar (182) won his weight class at this past weekend's Lima Central Catholic Wresting Invitational. BHS was 8th of 43 teams. Other Pirate placers were Landen Luginbuhl 4th, Tayton Kleman 6th, Jeremy Sturgeon 6th and Kaden Basil 7th. (Mark Yoder photo from www.blufftonpirates.com)
Nate Fields, 1971 Bluffton alum, came to Bluffton the same year Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his powerful “Blueprint” speech.
Originally coming to Bluffton with “no other purpose than to play football,” Fields graduated from Bluffton with a mission to serve—inspired by both the Civil Rights Movement and the bonds formed through the Mennonite ideals of social justice. Fields has spent more than four decades serving poor and marginalized communities in 60 countries from Africa to the Middle East.
A wind chill warning remains in effect from today (Jan. 29) until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31. Dangerously cold wind chills are expected for all of northwest Ohio. Wind chills as low as 45 below zero expected.
The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in less than 10 minutes.
