Kimberly S. Smith, 34, daughter of Rick and Karen Smith, sister of Jerry Smith and Jessica Nelson, died on July 3, 2016, at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.
Kim was born on Jan. 6, 1982, in Lima, Ohio to Rick and Karen (Mathewson) Smith who both survive her. She is also survived by her siblings Jerry Smith of Dunkirk, Jessica (Mike) Nelson of LaFayette and her significant other Christopher Lotz of Columbus. Also surviving are nieces: Mallorie, Harper, Veronica, Presley and Keltney and nephew, Shawn, and extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins.
The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm, 14321 Road 7L, Pandora, will host the first run/walk on Saturday, Oct. 1. The Quarry Farm 5K inaugural race will consist of two events: The Virtual 5K and an Onsite 5K. The Virtual 5k is to be done at your own location and pace.
The Onsite Quarry Farm 5K is considered an easy (just two sloping hills) out-and-back rural course that takes participants past a historic bridge, two scenic creeks to a rest halfway and back to the finish line at Red Fox Cabin.
The Beaverdam Bunch held their meeting at the Bluffton Middle School on June 27.
At this meeting we discussed that we are still collecting bars of Ivory Soap to send to Kenya. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone else would like to donate. Demonstrations that were given during this meeting were from Drew Beck, Elizabeth Swisher, Kaitlin Thurmond, Gracie Yarnell, and Caitlyn Zimmerman.
June 2016 rainfall was nothing – nothing – like June 2015.
This June Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, reports 4.36 inches of rain fell. Most of that came over the two-day period of June 22-23 when 1.04 inches fell on the 22nd and 2.32 inches fell on the 23rd.
Compared June 2016’s 4.36 total inches to a two-day spread of June 15-16, 2015, when 3.34 inches fell, flooding much of Bluffton’s flood plain area.
June 2015 rainfall was slightly over 10 inches. June’s normal average rainfall is 4.15 inches.
James and Marlene Baumgartner of Bluffton will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this month.
James and the former Marlene Berry were married Aug. 9, 1951, at First United Methodist Church by Rev. Paul Cramer.
They are the parents of Gregg (Deb) Baumgartner, Findlay, Michelle (Rick) Fennell,
North Baltimore, and Michael ( Amie) Baumgartner, Medina. They have nine
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Here's Bluffton on a warm summer night. In fact, it's the first summer night of 2016. Denny Edinger took this photo of the full moon over the Bluffton University campus from Elm Street.
