The Bluffton High School graduating class of 1961 held its 55th reunion recently. Here are member, seated from left; Linda Sommer, Karen (Basinger) Meisenheimer, Anita (Huber) Augsburger, Janet (Yoakam) Blank, Carol (Schmidt) Burns, Louise (Core) Morvay, Melanie (Benroth) Bendele.
Middle Row, Arlene (Basinger) Garmatter, Marlene (Basinger) Tidyman, Carol (Devier) Soldan, Walt Jordan, Terry Shetler, Bill Steiner, David Blank, Joyce
(Zimmerman) Cupples, Pauline (Motter) Williams, Jerry Althaus, Jackie (Tschantz) Schultz, Tom Griffin, Jim Burkholder.
Here's the latest back-to-school information pertaining to Bluffton High School students from the school website.
Summer Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8-3 during the month of August.
Athletic Booster Drive: Student athletes and parents are asked to help with the Athletic Booster Drive on Wednesday, Aug. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. You need to arrive at the high school cafeteria by 5:30 p.m. Pare not allowed to drive, therefore the parents are needed.
The fun and games never stopped at this year's National Night Out. Here's a photo Jamie Nygaard took of the Aug. 2 event from the top of the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool slide.
Jamey Rettig, a 2016 Cory-Rawson High School graduate, is recipient of a $2,500 Building our Future Scholarship from Habitat for Humanity of Ohio.
The award was presented in recognition of our outstanding work in the classroom and her service to the Findlay community.
Scholarships are available to students of families in homes built or repaired by Habitat for Humanity. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence in the classroom and through public service.
Rettig will attend Wittenberg University and pursue a degree in education.
They were having way too much fun at National Night Out on Aug. 2 in Bluffton. One of the popular activities was playing fire fighter. For more photos click here. (Photo by Jamie Nygaard)
Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, welcomes three new teachers with an installation service on Sunday, Aug. 7, at 10:30 a.m.
Installed will be Justin Eternick as principal and 7th and 8th grade teacher, Joshua von Stein as teacher of grades 5 and 6 and Seth Lange as teacher of grades 3 and 4.
Eternick is a 2009 graduate of Lakeside Lutheran High School, Lake Mills, Wisc. He attended Martin Luther College and graduated with a double major in elementary and secondary education with a social studies minor.
