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Mildred “Millie” (Schutz) Lugibihl, 88, died on September 10, 2023 at Willow Ridge-Betty House, Bluffton.  She was born in Putnam County on March 27, 1935, to Albert and Irene (Cherry) Schutz.  She lived nearly all her life on the family farm.

The Bluffton School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 18 in the Elementary School Media Center, 102 S. Jackson St.

The agenda includes contracts, assignment, resignation, & etc. items:

  • Resignation of Debra Sprunger
  • Classified contract with Sharlene Anderson as an educational aide
  • 18 substitute teacher agreements
  • Supplemental contracts for positions assisting the High School Student Senate and Boys Soccer team

A report from the Apollo Career Center is also on the agenda.

Blanchard Valley Health System is a diverse environment, where associates come from varied backgrounds. Recently, a four-legged associate named Pace joined the team in order to relieve the stress within the health system. 

Pace is a golden retriever/goldendoodle mix who will turn four later this fall. She is a facility dog and the working partner of Michael Cifranic, MSN, RN, a nursing recruitment and retention specialist.

Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host the art exhibit “A Line is a Point” by Kathleen Pahl, from September 25-Oct. 22, 2023.

Using color, organic forms and lines, Pahl explores the complex intersections of life and death and our relationship with the unknowable.

The exhibit, featuring oil on canvas paintings, is free and open to the public. Gallery hours in the Sauder Visual Arts Center are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

A reception for the artist will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21 with an artist talk scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.

Arts at Bluffton events are made possible due to generous support from donors including David Bertsche ’57 and James ’83 and Rhonda (Louis ’84) Fox.

The 2023 Bluffton High School Homecoming Parade takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 29. Parade entries should email [email protected] (Melissa Richards) or call the high school office at 419-358-7941. Lineup is at 5:00 p.m. at Bluffton Community at Snider Rd. and Main St.

Project nears fundraising goal of $90K

By Paula Scott

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