Three players from the Bluffton High School baseball team were a part of the league championship winning team in the Putnam County Fall Baseball League. The championship game was held last Saturday, Oct. 15.
Bluffton School Board member Jeremy Scoles is the recipient of the 2022 OSBA Aptitude Award, a distinction conferred by the Ohio School Boards Association.
He is one of 38 board members selected for this award, out of 3,400 board members in Ohio. The Aptitude Award is part of the association’s STAR Awards Program, which emphasize Service, Training, Aptitude and Recognition.
Students, staff and community members of Cory-Rawson Local Schools gathered on October 14 to dedicate Mrs. Wagner’s Reading Tree. Susan Wagner taught for many years with most of her time being spent in first grade. She was in the classroom even while battling breast cancer. She passed away in June of 2021.
The Bluffton High School Academic Team won the runner up slot in the varsity division at the Northwest Conference Scholastic Bowl Tournament held Friday, October 14, 2022, at The Ohio State University at Lima. Lincolnview took home top honors in both the varsity division and the junior varsity division.
Michael and Terry Downey celebrated 50 years of marriage with an anniversary party at the Jones Mansion, Findlay Ohio.
Downey is a former resident of Beaverdam Ohio, while the former Terry Chidester has always resided in Bluffton. They were joined in holy matrimony on Oct. 15, 1972 at the First Presbyterian Church, Monroe Michigan by Rev. Paul Markman.
They are the parents of three children, Michael (Heather) Downey II, of Shawnee, Christian (Jamie) Downey-Thompson, of Bluffton, and Nicholas (Caroline Eastman) Downey, of Louisville Kentucky. They have 2 grandchildren.
The Bluffton High School student of the month for September 2022 is Hannah Davis, a senior with a 4.000 GPA. She is the daughter of Jane and Jon Inniger of Bluffton and Tim and Wendi Davis of Findlay.
Hannah is a member of the National Honor Society and Latin Club. She received student of the year in Latin 1 her sophomore year and in CP English 11 her junior year.
