The Fifth Annual Regional Auto Growth Summit will be held Friday, Sept. 8, in the Keese Hall Multipurpose Center at Rhodes State College, 4240 College Drive, Lima. This year’s theme is: Transportation: Driving Employment.
The event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and networking. The program will start at 9:30 a.m. and include these featured speakers:
· Kim Braun, CEO of Braun Industries, Van Wert
· Bernard Swiecki and Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Bluffton Fire Department would like to thank everyone who came out and made our Summerfest Fundraiser at Southgate Lanes a great success.
Without the support of the local businesses that sponsored corn hole boards for the tournament, those that participated in the silent auctions, enjoyed the pulled pork dinners and stayed into the evening for great music and fun, the fundraiser would not have been as big of a success.
Ronald K. "Ron" Chidester, 78, of Millbury, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital. Ron was born on Oct. 6, 1938, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Kenneth and Pauline (Eikenbury) Chidester. He married Glenna Myer on Oct. 5, 1957. Ron served in the United States Navy.
Ron was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association.
While most Bluffton solar eclipse watchers witnessed an 85 percent eclipse on Aug. 21 the Basil and Rosemary Meyer family experienced the “real thing.”
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According to Tonya Meyer, seven of the nine adult Meyer children plus all 12 Meyer grandchildren experienced the eclipse while staying at the Abbey of Gesthsemani in Kentucky.
The Meyer’s son, Matt, (Brother Matthias) is at the abbey.
Bluffton's school board voted on Monday to purchase the Heath Mikesell and Heather Rutan property located on the corner of Lawn Avenue and Vine Street. The price for the property is $135,000. The intention is to raze the structure and create additional green playground space. In June the board voted to purchase the brick house between the school and Mikesell property.
