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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.
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.
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.
Photographer Jamie Nygaard captured the start of the 2022-2023 school year at Bluffton Elementary School, where students and teachers began the process of settling back into classroom routines.
As students left afterwards, the atmosphere was all sunshine and smiles. Superintendent Greg Denecker reported that the day went well. Elementary Principal Ben Thiel said the real challenge is when kindergardeners arrive on Wednesday, Agust 31.
After buses departed, the flock of children meeting siblings, parents and grandparents for the walk or ride home was lively, with school staff helping sort it all out.
Dale and Deb (Huffer) Metzger of Bluffton, Ohio will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 19, 2022. They were married by Rev. Robert Quillen at Gomer United Church of Christ on August 19, 1972.
The Metzgers have two daughters and one son: Kristi (Matt) Lora of Bluffton, Ohio, Kelly (Brandon) McClure of Ada, Ohio, and Craig and Amy Metzger of Delaware, Ohio.
Dale and Deb have 8 grandchildren: Kaden and Karlie Lora, Braydon, Brantley, and Madison McClure, and Drew, Austin, and Kendall Metzger.
