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The Allen County Bike and Pedestrian Task Force will hold its annual Volunteer Recognition and Awards Program on Thursday, Nov. 30, at The Met in Lima, 306 North Main St. from 5 – 7 p.m. 

Volunteers will be recognized for their contribution to assisting with bike and pedestrian counts, bike rodeos, and their work towards supporting a bike and pedestrian friendly community. 

Recognition will be given for the Advocate of the Year, Business of the Year, and for other volunteers. 

Autumn Gesler wins $200 college scholarship

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Standing from left, Nicholas Markowski, Sophia Smucker, Danielle Novak, Autumn Gesler.

Kneeling from left to right - Kaitlyn Clymer, Lexy Lehman, Jack Howell, Emily Parker, Ashley Augsburger, Maria Spallinger.

Autumn Gesler, Bluffton High School artist, is the winner of a $200 college scholarship.

The award is from Reichenbach and Steiner CPA, and Samuel W. Diller Co., L.P.A., and is part of a holiday art judging contest sponsored by the two Main Street businesses.

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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brauen celebrated 70 years of marriage on Nov. 6.

Keith and the former Esther Lugibihl were married Nov. 6, 1947, by Rev. Ernest Bohn, Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora. 

Lindsay Theis second and Amber Gladwell third

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Jasemin “Jasi” Crawfis  is the 2017 Bluffton Lions Club Lions International Peace Poster Contest winner.

Jasi is a 7th grade student at Bluffton Middle School, and the daughter of Jason and Jami Crawfis. Her winning picture will compete at the district level with winners sponsored by other Lions clubs in northwestern Ohio.

Entries were evaluated based on artistic merit, originality, and the best expression of this year’s contest theme, “The Future of Peace.”   

Letter winners plus excellent GPAs

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Several Bluffton High School fall athletes attained Northwest Conference Scholar Athlete status, according to Jim Raabe, NWC commissioner.

To qualify as an NWC Scholar Athlete a student must be a sport letter winner. Gold level students have a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 during the season. Silver level students have a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 during the season.

Attached at the bottom of this story is the entire NWC list.

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Photos by Jamie Nygaard
Skyler Noble, a 2015 Bluffton High School graduate, was one of four new deputies sworn in as members of the Allen County Sheriff’s Department. The event was Nov. 15.

In addition to Noble, other deputies sworn in were Ryan Bullinger, Alan Ogle and Evan Thomas. Matt Treglia, Allen County sheriff, sworn in the four.

Sheriff Treglia says that the hiring process for sheriff deputies is different from the past. It now includes psychological tests, polygraph tests and a physical fitness evaluation.

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