This feature is the first in a series of famous Bluffton High School alumni. The feature will eventually be posted on the Bluffton school website.
Ivan “Ike” J. Geiger
Aug. 10, 1909 – Jan. 12, 1955
Bluffton High School class of 1927
Bluffton College class of 1932
Through his example as an educator believing that educating the “whole person” involved blending education and athletics, Ivan “Ike” J. Geiger promoted this idea with great success.
Described in the Bluffton News in the 1940s as one of the Bluffton community’s all-time athletic luminaries – excelling in sports at Bluffton High School and Bluffton College – he became the first-ever director of athletics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, holding that post from 1947 to until his untimely death in 1955.
Artist Philip Sugden will be at OSU LIma's Farmer Family Gallery from 4:00-6:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 18, 2024, to open his new show Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God, an installation drawing series that explores Sugden’s experiences in Tibet and the Himalayas over 40 years. Each work has seven layered pages and incorporates current and ancient sacred texts. Sugden is a local artist and an assistant professor of art at Bluffton University.
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT Saturday, January 13 TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero.
Dwain R. Augsburger Sr., 88, passed away on January 12, 2024 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
CONVOY__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team rallied from a big early deficit to pull off a crucial 53-52 comeback win at Crestview in a Northwest Conference barnburner Friday night, January 12.
Wade Ginther scored the game-winning basket with just 2.8 seconds left to lift the Pirates to a one-point road victory. The win kept the Pirates tied atop the league standings with Spencerville.
The victory was also Bluffton’s seventh in a row since a 45-40 loss to Ottawa-Glandorf on December 8.
Following steady rain and wind on Friday, January 12, the National Weather Service forecast is for dramatically colder weather on Saturday, January 13, 2024.
The forecast, provided HERE, includes a wind advistory until 7:00 p.m. and a wind chill advisory.
On the evening of January 13, temperatures are expected to drop to a low of 4 °F. There is a slight chance of snow and conditions will be breezy.
