Three times a year, members of the Mennonite Schools Council meet. Every other year, one of these meetings is at a Mennonite college and for the first time in nearly a decade, that meeting was held at Bluffton University.
Work on the Augsburger Road pathway project will begin on Sept. 21. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will update Bluffton council on the project on Monday.
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When completed, the pathway will exend from Bentley Road (north side of Augsburger), to Maple Crest. A completion date is Oct. 31.
Mehaffie said that initially, construction will be limited to the areas of the project that are outside of the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
Bluffton Family Recreation board of directors recently reorganized for 2016-17. With Joseph Beagle, director, are Amy Blackburn, BFR board president, and Randy Keeler, BFR board vice president. Two other board officers are Nancy Yeager, secretary and Dan Settlage, treasurer.
Albert Ellis Ingalls, 91, died Sept. 17, 2016, at 1:38 p.m. at Bluffton Hospital. Al was born Aug. 3, 1925, in Bluffton, Ohio to the late Morris and Clara (Conrad) Ingalls. On April 7, 1945, he married Mildred (Campbell) Ingalls who preceded him in death on July 14, 2011.
Al graduated from Bluffton High School and then served in the U.S. Navy. After returning from his service in the Navy, Al purchased the Pine Restaurant in Bluffton with Don Martz. He later built and started Ingalls Restaurant in Bluffton which he owned and operated with his wife and family for 36 years.
