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Bluffton pathway board met on March 7 in a discussion of plans for the next pathway project. It involves continuing north on Bentley Road from Elm Street to Richland Drive. In the photo from left, Greg Denecker, Jesse Blackburn, Bryan Lloyd, Jane Wood, Mitch Kingsley, Joe Sehlhorst, Dima Snyder, John Rich, Ben Stahl and Richard Ramseyer.

The Bluffton Powerlifters attended the meet in Kenton Ridge on March 2. Bluffton had six individual winners. Results follow:

Nebraska Montgomery -
80 Bench, 210 Deadlift - 4th in her class

Ivy Augsburger -
90 Bench, 240 Deadlift - 3rd place in her weight class

Shyanne Mortimer -
140 Bench, 325 Deadlift - 1st place in her weight class

Morgan Nusbaum -
135 Bench, 310 Deadlift - 2nd place in her weight class

From www.blufftonpirates.com - Nice work on getting the BHS girls' basketball banner updated so quickly.

Saturday dinner and program in the town hall

Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National American Legion, with a gathering and dinner on Saturday, March 16.

Robert “Bob” Schmitt, Department Commander Ohio American Legion is the speaker.

 According to Dennis Morrison, Bluffton's World War I veterans applied to the American Legion in 1919 and received their charter on March 20, 1920. 

Village of Bluffton appropriations are closing in on $11 million in 2019. And, this year's total is approximately $800,000 above 2018 total, according to figures from Laura Ewing, village fiscal officer.

The 2019 total is $10,883,562, while 2018 appropriations were $10,098,038. She said that the appropriations would become official after March 27, which is 30 days after the Bluffton council approved them.

Ewing said that the growth in the village income tax has helped the village bottom line.

A future Bluffton architect creates a project during play time at Bluffton Community Preschool. And, there's a lot of thought and planning that goes into this Lego construction. Black, white and yellow appears to be the colors of the day.

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