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Front row view of Pirates regional track and field performance

Posted by Paula Scott on May 20, 2024 - 8:53am

Photographer Marvin Foster captured the intensity and effort displayed by Bluffton High School athletes at the May 16 and 18 track and field regionals at Ada War Memorial Stadium. You find three albums of his photos on Facebook HERE.

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Pirates qualify for track regionals; Stackhouse is double district champ

Posted by Staff on May 20, 2024 - 8:09am

By Cort Reynolds

ADA __ Several Bluffton High School athletes qualified for the regional track and field meet with strong showings at the Div. III district competition on May 16 and 18.

The Pirate boys finished a fine second at the event. Columbus Grove won the boys team title with 118 points, followed by the Pirates with 99.

Top-four finishers in any event qualified to the regional meet in Fostoria next week.

Pirate junior speedster Griffin Stackhouse won both the 100 and 200-meter dash titles.

Senior Theo Andreas crossed the line first in the 3200-meter run.

The Pirate boys dominated the relay events, winning the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 races, and finishing third in the 4 x 400.

The Pirate girls came in a solid fourth in the team standings with 82 points. Grove was second with 123.

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Not on your tin type: c. 1880s image preserved by Raid, Boehr, Steiner

Posted by Staff on May 19, 2024 - 6:00am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

A true Bluffton classic, perhaps taken in the 1880s ... this tin type photograph offers many questions and few answers. However, here is what we do know:

Howard Raid had this tin type, which measures 2 inches wide by 3 ½ inches tall. It was given to him by an unknown previous owner.

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton University and University of Findlay receive joint grant

Posted by Staff on May 19, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton University and the Univesity of Findlay have received their first collaborative grant since announcing their proposed merger in March.

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Bluffton University
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Ohio floriculture sales topped $233M in 2023

Posted by Staff on May 18, 2024 - 6:00am

Ohio floriculture was worth more than $233 million in 2023, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. This was down 4 percent from the $243 million sold in 2022.

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Business
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BHS Academic Awards spotlights scholarship recipients and outstanding students

Posted by Paula Scott on May 18, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton High School held the 44th annual Academic Awards Program on Wednesday, May 15 in the Middle School Cafetorium. The program included a welcome by principal Mike Minnig and academic awards presentations introduced by Dr. Elizabeth Smith, school counselor, who also provided closing remarks.

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People
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