First National Bank celebrates its 100th anniversary as a community bankon Friday, April 19, according to Todd Mason, president and chief executive officer.
The anniversary is celebrated in each of the communities where a branch of the bank is located. The celebration schedule follows:
• 9 a.m. Ottawa branch, 855 N. Main St.
• 11 a.m. Pandora branch, 102 E. Main St.
• 1 p.m. Findlay branch, 111 Trenton Ave.
• 3 p.m. Bluffton branch, 112 Cherry St.
BLUFFTON - Visiting Archbold shut out Bluffton 5-0 in boys tennis action Thursday evening.
The Blue Streaks won four of the five matches without dropping a single game. Pirate Drew Wilson lost 6-4, 6-3 at first singles to post the best Bluffton showing.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton outlasted Paulding 11-9 in an early-season Northwest Conference softball showdown of league leaders Thursday evening.
The first-place Lady Pirates improved to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in league play with the win, while the Panthers fell to 7-2 and 2-1 in the NWC after the defeat.
Bluffton hurler Libby Schaadt improved her record to 8-1 on the strength of a complete-game effort by scattering 10 hits. She struck out one Panther and walked four. Only three of the Panther runs were earned.
Bluffton sixth grader Xavier Diller performed on piano during Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast in the town hall. He is a student at Krysti's Music Studio. Each month one of Krysti's students performs during the breakfast portion of the chamber program.
11 a.m. program explores university senior's herbarium project
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Faculty and students in the mathematical and natural sciences department at Bluffton University will explore “Bluffton, Nature and the Preserve: Past and Present” from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 13, at the Bluffton University Nature Preserve’s Moyer Nature Center.
Open to the public, this event will feature a presentation by Katelyn Amstutz, a senior biology major who completed a departmental honors project of Bluffton’s herbarium.
Three Bluffton University music majors, Eddie Martin, Meghan Gibson and Kasandera Knief, will perform their senior recitals this weekend. All recitals are free and open to the public, with a reception afterwards in the lobby. Recital details follow:
Eddie Martin
Eddie Martin, a music education major with a concentration in performance
studies, will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Yoder Recital Hall.
