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Eight colorized photos that once adorned the walls of the "Cardinal Room" of what is now Chase bank. Click to enlarge and view at your own pace.

By Paula Pyzik Scott
For www.BlufftonForever.com

This article is a work in progress and a collaboration. The Bluffton Ohio Historical Society is seeking information about these eight photos, which are inspiration for the upcoming Reimagining Bluffton's History art contest, with entries to be submitted in July 2025.

Game resumes Thursday at 5 p.m.

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA - The visiting Bluffton High School girls softball team led Ottawa-Glandorf 6-4 in the Div. V sectional finals when play was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning by bad weather on Wednesday, May 14.

Fifth-seeded O-G was batting with two out and the bases loaded in the home sixth when rain stopped play.

The game will resume Thursday at 5 p.m.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton Pirate baseball team nipped visiting Northwest Conference foe Spencerville 4-3 Wednesday evening, May 14.

Bluffton scored two runs in the bottom of the first, but the Bearcats tied it 2-2 after two frames. The Pirates inched ahead with a run in the home third, yet the visitors tied it 3-3 in the fourth.

Bluffton pushed across the tiebreaking run in the bottom of the sixth to win it, 4-3.

The Bluffton Lady Pirate Youth Basketball Camp will be held on June 24 and 26 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

This camp is open to all girls entering grades 3-6 and will be held in the Bluffton High School gym.

Staff will be Bluffton High School Girls Basketball coaching staff as well as current Lady Pirate basketball players.

Participants will need t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes and a water bottle. The cost is $30 per camper.

Please send in registration by June 9 to be guaranteed a T-shirt and basketball.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Village of Bluffton council meetings are primarily business meetings with the six council members--currently Jerry Cupples, Mitch Kingsley, Ben Stahl, Joe Sehlhorst, Dave Steiner and Phill Talavinia--receiving reports from Village staff, making committee reports and voting on payment of bills, ordinances and resolutions. 

Often items are approved with no discussion. The packet provided to the public--the May 12 meeting packet is attached here--provides details for these agenda items:

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