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The Bluffton Boys and Girls 4-H Club has provided the following list of members and their awards from the 2022 Allen County Fair.

Brooklynn Bible, Club President/Activity Officer
Get Started in Art Honorable Mention A
Shopping Saavy 2nd Place State Fair A delegate
Look Great for Less  3rd Place A

Landin Bibler, Health Officer
Rockets Away 1st Place State Fair
Participant A
Let's Start Cooking A

Levi Shepler   
Let's Start Cooking A

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Jan and Paula (Brodman) Kibele of Bluffton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on September 9, 2022.

They were married on September 9, 1972 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bluffton, Ohio.

The couple has four children: Dawn (Michael) Ballinger, Leif (Maria) Kibele, Holly (Doug) George and Chelsea (Jimmy Hovest) Kibele; and 10 grandchildren: Tecumseh, Sumner, Maddox, Colt, Elliot, Gavin, Trey, Tanner, Truett and Thea

Jan is retired from the Ford-Lima Engine Plant and Paula is retired from Bluffton Hospital.

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The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club provided the Icon with the following 2022 Allen County Junior Fair Results. 

Braeden Ackerman

Pen of 2 Meat Chickens – A 

Brantley Allgire

Holland Lop Breeding Rabbit – A

Hailey Ballinger

Outstanding Rabbit Livestock Interview

Two Holland Lop Breeding Rabbits – B, B   

Silver Fox Breeding Rabbit – A

Amber Boop

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Find Allen County Fair results for the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H HERE.

By Lydia Gratz
Bluffton Cattle 4-H reporter

The Bluffton Cattle 4-H Club wrapped up their 2022 season exhibiting a wide variety of projects at the Allen County Fair. The club members worked hard throughout the summer and their efforts were recognized as they won many banners and ribbons throughout the week. Congratulations to all of the participants on a job well done.

MEMBER RESULTS:

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By Fred Steiner

Bluffton favorite son Charles Triplehorn died Aug. 25, 2022. 

Aside from his achievements in science, he was witness to two remarkable events during his lifetime.

He is possibly the only person with such an usual claim to fame. He witnessed Bluffton’s John Dillinger bank robbery in August of 1933. And, he attended the famous 150 Snow Bowl football game in Columbus, played by Ohio State and Michigan.

Several years ago, during a visit to Bluffton, Fred Steiner invited Charles to write down his version of both accounts.

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Elder Victim Ministries, a program of Crime Victim Services (CVS) of Putnam and Allen Counties, has dedicated a portrait of Vicenta Castillo Velasquez at its Ottawa office, 338 E 3rd St, Ottawa. Velasquez, a Mexican American, was a long-time Putnam County resident who volunteered her time to support vulnerable people in the community.

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