MEDIA RELEASE__August 13-15 marks the 22nd annual Lincoln Highway Buy Way Yard Sales across the State of Ohio. Past year’s sales have seen families, neighbors, and groups of all kinds selling their wares from yards, porches, barns and garages; under tents and in open-air locations.
Please visit historicbyway.com for sale locations and activities along Ohio’s Lincoln Highway.
4th annual Bluffton History Day finds “History Hiding in Plain Sight”
MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Ohio Historical Society hosts the 4th annual History Day on Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., focusing on three well-known Bluffton businesses of yesteryear: Fett Hardware, Gillett Pastry Shop and Hankish Confectionery. The theme for the 2026 event is “History Hiding in Plain Sight.”
The renowned Gillett sausage rolls and Hankish’s family recipe ice cream will be served for free throughout the event in downtown Bluffton.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys golf team split a home Northwest Conference triangular match at the Bluffton Golf Club course on Thursday, August 6.
Visiting Columbus Grove (2-0, 2-0 NWC) won the event decisively with 156 strokes. Bluffton beat Crestview (0-2, 0-2 NWC) 176-206 in the other league opener.
The Pirate linksters, under head coach Richard Streicher, improved to 2-1 overall in dual matches and 1-1 in NWC action with the results.
MEDIA RELEASE__Kirra Heavilin, an incoming student at Bluffton University, has been awarded the university's Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarship, valued at more than $16,000 over four years.
By Madyson Smith, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
In September 1988, the Swedish rock duo Roxette released their second album Look Sharp! which contained the single “Listen to Your Heart.” The song hit number 1 in the United States and Canada. The duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle are the second most successful Swedish band after ABBA.
