MEDIA RELEASE__Due to the weather, the Pandora-Gilboa Homecoming Parade has been rescheduled for Friday, September 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Parade participants, please line up on Friday between 5:00–5:15 p.m.
The Homecoming Ceremony will begin on Friday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m. with the past Kings and Queens being announced, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of when Pandora and Gilboa consolidated into one school.
The 2026 Homecoming King and Queen crowning ceremony will follow. The Rockets will then take the field at 7:00 p.m., taking on Toledo Christian.
Carol Jean Bucher, 92, passed away September 18, 2026 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. Carol Jean was born June 9, 1934 in Hancock County, Ohio to the late Dwight and Lucille (Badertscher) Frantz. On April 22, 1955 she married Richard Bucher who preceded her in death on July 20, 2022.
FROM FACEBOOK__You can enjoy an evening of chess at the Bluffton Public Library on Tuesdays. The library offers open chess night from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. and is open to all ages.
Tables and chess boards are provided on the main floor of the library. Participants may also bring their own.
DELPHOS__The unbeaten Bluffton High School football team went on the road and whipped Delphos Jefferson 49-7 in a Northwest Conference battle on Friday night, Sept. 18.
Pirate senior quarterback Tayte Giesige threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more scores to pace the offensive onslaught. He accounted for 414 yards of total offense.
The Pirates improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in NWC play with the lopsided road win. DJ fell to 3-2 overall and 0-2 in the NWC after the home defeat, their second in a row.
Robert “Bob” Lee Sweigart, 85, passed away peacefully with his wife at his bedside on September 18, 2026 at his residence. He was born on January 29, 1941 in Lancaster, Ohio to the late Walter and Cora Estella (Sheets) Sweigart. On August 23, 1964, he married Janice V. McKenzie in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
