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The Bluffton University men's soccer team scored early and often in a 5-1 defeat of visiting Emory and Henry team on a beautiful Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. 

Sophomore Elijah Zimmerman (Archbold) collected a feed from senior Jacob Kiger (Groveport/St. Charles Prep) just over a minute into the contest and put the home team on top. Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) made it 2-0 midway through the first half before Britton Boyle (MIddletown) notched his first collegiate tally following a ricochet off the crossbar from Brandon DeCoursey (Bruceville, IN/North Knox) in minute 42.

The Beaverdam Richland Fire & EMS, 201 W Main St, will host a drive through meal on Saturday, September 11 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. 

Meals are $6.00  No pre-sale tickets needed.

Menu:

$6.00 Chicken Noodles, mashed potatoes, coleslaw 

$6.00, BBQ Pork sandwich, cole slaw, baked beans

 

Betty Carol Glick, 78, of rural Jenera, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on July 30, 2021, in her home of Parkinson's Disease.

Betty was born in Bluffton, Ohio on December 5, 1942 to Eldon P. and Ada H. (Hilty) Lugibihl. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1960 and the Northwestern School of Commerce in Lima in 1961. She married Jerome C. Glick at Grace Mennonite Church, in Pandora, on November 28, 1965.

Donald (Don) L. Zimmerman D.D.S. 79, of Oak Harbor died peacefully after a long battle with cancer at Stein Hospice of Sandusky on August 18, 2021. He was born February 24,1942 in Bluffton, OH to Oliver and Avonelle Zimmerman. 

The Village of Bluffton has scheduled a working meeting of the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall. An initial public hearing regarding the proposed residential development off Sunset was held on August 31 with builder Bob Fett.

Glenna J. Marquart, age 95, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

​She was born on February 10, 1926 in Bluffton, Ohio to the late Howard Swick and Mary Luginbuhl.  On August 17, 1946 Glenna married Robert H. Marquart and he preceded her in death in February of 2003.

​Glenna was the owner and operator of Twin Lakes Campground. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church, Jenera. She was a 1944 graduate of Bluffton High School.

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