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.”
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.
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.
Those three words filed the middle school cafetorium earlier this month as the Bluffton High School post-prom committee put on the event as a fund-raiser.
Bluffton High School academic team finished the Northwest Conference Scholastic Bowl with a 4-4 record. The bowl took place last weekend at Bluffton High School.
Team finishes
Ada 8-0
Crestview 5-3
Spencerville 5-3 Bluffton 4-4
Paulding 4-4
Delphos Jeff 3-5
Lincolnview 3-5
Col. Grove 2-6
Allen East 2-6
The Service Group of the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, Bluffton, will hold its annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 17. It takes place in the Mennonite Memorial Home lobby, 410 W. Elm St.
The bake sale will feature a variety of home baked goods including delicious cinnamon rolls, cakes, pies, noodles and breads.
