Bluffton’s man-about-town Charles Hilty blew out 84 candles on election day, Nov. 6.
To hear him tell it, his birth was an American political omen. After considering the following, you may have to agree.
“I was born 15 minutes before the 1934 mid-term polls opened,” he says. “My birth marked the very bottom of the Great Depression for the Republican Party.”
Adding that when born there were only 88 Republicans among the 432 members of Congress (48 states in 1934), representing the largest-ever congressional majority for the Democrats in U.S. history.
The Bluffton University volleyball team gave #1 seed Transylvania all it could handle before falling to the Pioneers in four tight sets (25-18, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22) on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Bluffton was competing in its sixth straight HCAC semi-finals as the Beavers capped off their season with a 14-15 mark
The Bluffton University football team gave HCAC-heavyweight Franklin College all it could handle in a 28-24 loss to the Grizzlies on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Franklin improved to 8-1 overall with a perfect 7-0 mark in the Heartland Conference, while Bluffton slipped to 2-7 and 2-5 in the HCAC.
Mark Suderman of Bluffton, will talk about Habitat for Humanity at the Lima Rotary Club. The talk is at noon, Monday, Nov. 12. The club meets in the Veterans Civic Center, Lima.
Suderman is volunteer coordinator for the Lima office, 550 W. Elm St.
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It’s not your typical high school drama.
It’s a collection of short skits, briefs and vignettes that create a fast-paced evening of chuckles.
It’s Bluffton High School’s Drama Club presentation of “Free Ice Cream.”
Performances are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, in the Bluffton Middle School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students.
