Here's an advance photo of the Northwest Conference boys' basketball team champions from Bluffton High School during the 2019-20 or '20-21 season, or so.
Making up the photo are participants in the Bluffton Lil' Pirates basketball camp from first to fourth grades. The camp took place recently. Over 90 boys from grades first through eighth participated.
Virgil D. Allgire, 89, of Rockport died at 5:20 p.m., June 10, 2012, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Aug. 15, 1922, in Lima to Carl and Amanda Leuenberger Allgire. On June 2, 1946, he married Vera M. Burkholder and she preceded him in death on Dec. 20, 2002.
Timothy G. Downey, 65, of Weston, Ohio, died Sunday, June 10, 2012. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, to Marion and Mary Elizabeth (Amstutz) Downey. He married Debra McKibben of Bluffton, on March 27, 1970, in First Mennonite Church.
He graduated from Allen East High School in 1965 and served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany. He attended Bowling Green State University where he was a member of the gymnastics team.
He was employed by the City of Bowling Green as an electrical lineman and later electrical supervisor. He was also a part-time farmer.
A dinner and concert is planned at the Pleasant View United Methodist Church, Mt. Cory, according to Jerry Lewis, pastor.
A spaghetti, salad, dessert and beverage meal for a donation will take place at the church from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m. The Scioto Ridge Boys Quartet from Powell, will perform a concert. A freewill offering will be received. Proceeds from the event will go toward local missions.
The American flags are displayed along Main Street, Bluffton, and there is still time to sponsor a flag.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) Service Club of Bluffton is still accepting donations for the Main Street Flag Fund.
With each donation of $25, persons may name someone who you wish to honor or memorialize.
BFR Sports & Fitness is hosting an adult rec basketball league on Thursday evenings from June 21 to July 19. The fee is $100 a team. Call 419-358-4150 for more information, according to Amy Byers, sports coordinator at BFR.
