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By Robert McCool

If you have read Tony Hillerman you know the legends and folktales about immortal beings living in the Sacred Mountains that surround the Dine'tah (Navajo reservation). Those same mountains protected the parched desert that is now the Dine'tah when the apocalypse drowned most of the world with the “Big Water.” And, after the Energy Wars there wasn't enough fuel to maintain the lifestyle we enjoy now. The world lay fallow and empty without an apology from anyone. These are dystopian tales.

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PANDORA⎯The restored Bridenbaugh one-room school house near Pandora will host a 25th anniversary celebration of the reopening of the school. The school received a historical marker plaque from the Ohio History Connection in August 2019.

  • Open House on Saturday, August 13
  • 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  • 14022 Road 6, Pandora

Light refreshments are available at noon. A short program will be presented at 1:00 p.m. followed by music from the Living Waters Gospel Group.

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The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission (LACRPC) has prepared and released for public review and comment “Amendments to the FY 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program” (TIP), including the following addition to funding for the Bluffton Bike and Pedestrian Pathway.

At its July 28 meeting, the Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) approved:

AUTHORIZATION TO ADD $6,066 IN MPO CMAQ TO PID 111220 BLUFFTON SHARED-USE PATH IN FY 2023

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The Bluffton High School Class of 1962 celebrated its 60th reunion on Saturday, July 30.

Pictured here, left to right, are class members:

(Standing) Donna McCluer Morrison, Rachel Hilty Friesen, Chuck Amstutz, Dave Barnett, Scott Edwards, Sharl Steiner, Keith Klingler. 

(Seated) Jim Badertscher, Donna Basinger Lehman, Karen Gilbert Bash, Nancy Swank Young Yeager, Nancy Balmer Steiner, Jeanne Davis Smucker.  

The note shared with this photo: "Pirates all are we! BHS 1962!"

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Discovery Days 2022: August 27, September 24, October 22

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has announced Discovery Days (listed above) and invites chamber member businesses and organizations to join in welcoming visitors to Bluffton. 

These dates are the fourth Saturday of the month in August, September and Ocober. Advertised hours will be 9:00 a.m-3:00 p.m. Chamber director Jim Enneking emphasizes that no storefront is needed. You can host an outdoor activity, pop-up shop or self-guided activity.

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By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Did American folk hero John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman pass through Bluffton during his apple-tree planting career?

A recently discovered Bluffton News column reveals that possibility.

In truth, he tramped around northwestern Ohio, dying in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, in 1845. Still, on a technicality, he never stopped in a village called Bluffton.

Instead, hints exist he may have visited Shannon – Bluffton’s name prior to 1861.

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