The Bluffton High School boys track and field team finished a strong second in the annual 16-team Ada Invitational meet Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.
Van Wert won the boys team crown over Bluffton, 134 points to 116.5.
Spencerville captured the girls team title with Kenton second, while the Pirate girls finished a solid sixth.
Senior Gavin Bogart won both the 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles races to help pace the Pirates.
On May 7, Bluffton University held commencement ceremonies for graduates with M.A. in Education, Master of Business Administration, B.S. in Nursing, and Bachelor of Arts degrees. View the ceremonies which were livestreamed HERE.
Members of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center recently enjoyed an outdoor bread baking demonstration at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd. It was a damp and chilly week, but the group brought blankets and chairs, and made themselves comfortable.
Ivan Friesen provided the bread baking expertise, while Swiss Community Historical Society curator Keith Sommers filled in the guests on the history of bread ovens in the area known as The Settlement.
With the Bluffton University commencement of 2022 celebrated on May 7 and the Bluffton High School ceremonies in our sights on May 28, you may be preoccupied with what the future will bring for these young people.
In a hundred year's time will Blufftonites be reading about them?
In a series of blogs for www.BlufftonForever.com, Fred Steiner provides us with lists of and information about Bluffton High School graduates beginning in 1881.
The Bluffton Lions Foundation is ready to host riders in the eighth annual Bluffton Ride to Remember on July 16, 2022, a fundraiser for Bluffton bike and pedestrian pathways.
