Kenneth Wayne Knitz, 81, died Feb, 14, 2017, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. Kenneth was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Gibsonburg to the late A. Wayne and Edna (Houtz) Knitz. On Feb. 10, 1955, he married Nancy Lee Knitz who survives.
Ken graduated from Troy-Luckey High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He retired as a machinist at Atlas Crankshaft in Fostoria after 28 years. Ken was an active member of Pandora United Methodist Church and a 34 year member of the Bloomdale Fire and EMS.
Bluffton Public Library has an elephant and piggy extravaganza.
It's at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, at the library. The event includes games, reading stories and other fun stuff. Contact the library for more details at 419-358-5016.
For your information, the library will be closed on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 20.
Blanchard Valley Health System recently made several key management changes in order to focus on organization-wide, strategic initiatives.
Linda DeArment was named the Director of Physician Services and Recruitment. DeArment will oversee all provider recruiting activities and the Medical Staff Office. Prior to accepting this position, Linda served as the Chief Development Officer of the Blanchard Valley Health Foundation for nearly 10 years.
Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will hold its annual garage sale Thursday, Feb. 23 and Friday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
Two Bluffton residents received no answer to their question, “Why did the village get rid of its administrator?”
The question was posed to Mayor Judy Augsburger during the Feb. 13 Bluffton council meeting. It concerned the Jan. 23 council termination of Jamie Mehaffie as village administrator. He held the position for 13 years.
During the audience participation segment of the meeting Joe Schorer and Mitch Giesige each raised the question to the mayor.
The Bluffton University baseball team will once again brave the razor during the 2017 Vs. Cancer fundraiser in which several members of the team, along with supporters, shave their heads.
The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the Commons at Marbeck Center. This is the sixth year the baseball team has raised money for the charity, and it is the team’s largest community service project.
