The Bluffton High School graduating class of 1968 will hold its 50th reunion on Saturday, Sept. 8, with a evening planned in the Bluffton town hall.
The reunion is from 5 to 9 p.m. and is catered by Henry's Restaurant, Ottawa.
Class members wanting additional information, or who have addresses of missing class members, should contact Carol (Koontz) Heath at [email protected].
A class questionnaire is attached at the bottom of this story.
Author Myrna Grove will be the featured speaker at the Swiss Community Historical Society (SCHS) spring meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 8.
Her talk, "Legacy of One-Room Schools" will be held in the patio room at Maple Crest, 700 Maple Crest Court, Bluffton. The event is free and open to the public; donations are welcome.
As an elementary school teacher for the Bryan City Schools, Grove enjoyed re-enacting the one-room school experience with her students at area one-room schools.
Esther L. Brauen, 87, died April 5, 2018 at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.
Esther was born June 2, 1930, in Findlay, Ohio, to Eldon and Ada (Hilty) Lugibihl who preceded her in death. On Nov. 6, 1947, she married E. Keith Brauen who survives. Esther attended Bluffton High School and Lima Technical College where she received an Associates of Nursing degree.
She worked at Celebration of Health with Dr. Terry Chappell for many years before she retired.
This looks like fun. One of the learning activities at the Bluffton Community Preschool involves pebbles, numbers and thinking about math with a duck of all things. Two additional photo in this series demonstration how a student focuses on learning.
A new addition to Bluffton Family Recreation’s class offerings to youth this spring is a home school recreation class, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.
The class is open to youth of all ages and is held on Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. in the BFR indoor soccer arena, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.
Tinch said that the class offers lots of different physical education opportunities for homeschooled youth.
This year's Bluffton Soccer Club American Cup tournament is Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20.
The event brings to Bluffton 24 youth teams totally over 250 youths. Teams represented include teams from Black Swamp recreational league and the Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer league.
