Note: Joan Bauman owner of Lamplight Bed and Breakfast, 321 S. Main St., has announced her retirement from her business as of May 31. The following story was written in September for the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce weekly newsletter about the B&B. Its author is Angela Green, BGSU journalism intern for the chamber last fall.
Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket
April 15, 2010 April 1
-Police responded to a Grove-Bluffton Rd. residence in regards to a civil complaint and a child custody dispute. April 2
-Police stopped a truck in the Village Park for being in the park after dark and discovered Nancy Pontious, 43, Celina, operating the truck. Ms. Pontious was subsequently arrested for OVI and the case is pending in Lima Municipal Court.
April 5
By Jessanna Buschur, Bluffton University Icon intern Focus on: My Vu, Vietnam
Senior, Business Major, Bluffton University
My Vu, a senior at Bluffton University, has seen parts of the world that most persons only read about. She has visited Thailand, Sigapore, Malaysia and China, and Europe is on her world-wide wish list. While My says that Thailand is a favorite for shopping, she calls Vietnam home.
Heather Lutz, an employee of Jerry Lewis' Bluffton McDonald's Restaurant, was recently chosen as the McDonald's Crew Person of the Year for the state of Ohio.
Lutz was chosen out of nominees from the more than 700 Ohio McDonald's Restaurants.
Oscar Velasquez is in the process of painting his second mural for the community of Bluffton - this one on the side of Forever in Stitches on Main Street.
This mural will be a period scene from the 1940s and will feature local people who worked on the railroad along with local townspeople and businesses that have helped make up Bluffton's history.
Provided by Dr. Darrell Groman
Bluffton Cub Scout Pack 256 held the annual Pinewood Derby on March 27 at the Bluffton Elementary School Gym Raceway. The excitement was in the air on Race Day leading up to the 8:30 a.m. start time. The Tiger Cubs had decorated the gym walls with black and white checkered flags and a number of colorful hand - crafted posters. One anonymous poster summed the anticipation of Race Day "Come tothe Pinewood Derby. It is going to be osom. Let's go racing, boys!"
