A mild-mannered Bluffton police officer by day, Austin Probst is a local farmer and videographer during the rest of his week. In November 2025, he introduced the Ohio Century Farm channel on YouTube, which gives viewers an inside look at the acres and cows that make up his operation near State Routes 235 and 103.
Videos are subtitled with the segments included. For example, the channel's first official video includes a morning milking, cleaning free stall barn, raking out free stalls and unloading and stacking hay.
BLUFFTON SENIOR CENTER NEWS — The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St. is signing up members for the following Coach Trips with Tonya and Bus Trips with Debbie. Trip activity levels are explained below.
COACH TRIPS WITH TONYA
WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE | January 18-25, 2026
We will be going up to Detroit a day early for an early flight. Watch your mailbox for you next mailing.
FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__The Bluffton Senior Center will have a Christmas Party for our members on Friday, December 19 at 1:30 p.m. The theme is Home for the Holidays, so come in your pajamas and enter our fashion show.
We will have games and prizes and snack food and lots of fun and laughter. You don't need to bring anything but yourself and your sense of fun and Christmas spirit. The party is for members only and is free, but you need to make a reservation so we have enough prizes for everyone.
FROM BLUFFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FACEBOOK__There's still time to write your letter to Santa! Kids can drop their letters off in the Santa Mailbox located in the alley between Fortman Insurance and Sielschott, Walsh, Kiefer, Regula and Sherer CPAs.
Be sure to include a return address for a special reply from Santa!
Grant Gesler wins Bluffton Middle School spelling bee
By Paula Pyzik Scott
This week 13 students competed in the 2025 Bluffton Middle School Spelling Bee. The event lasted nine rounds with students in grades 6-8 testing their ability to spell out loud for three judges and an audience of family members.
FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__The current Tai Chi class at the Bluffton Senior Center will end January 8. The next Tai Chi class will start on February 10 and run for six months.
Sign-up for the new session will be on January 14 for members and January 28 for non-members.
