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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. 

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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.

Ron graduated from The Ohio State University.

Basil and Rosemary and family watched from Abbey of Gesthsemani, Kentucky

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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.

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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.

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David L. Ernest, 71, died Aug. 19, 2017, at the Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida.  David was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Findlay to the late Delmer and Juanita (Gearing) Ernest. On Feb. 25, 1967 he married Nancy Cupples Ernest and she survives.

It's a concert on the lawn

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Ice cream, a warm summer evening, music and friends.

What else is there?

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5 Myles High, a Bluffton-based jazz combo featuring a trumpet, bass, vocals, piano and drums, performed during this year’s Mennonite Memorial Home concert on the lawn ice cream social.

The social was Sunday, Aug. 20, on the back lawn of the Mennonite Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

Members of the group are Myles Bowers, trumpet, Sean McNeal, percussion, Krysti Schhey, piano and vocals, and Philip Schey, bass and vocals.

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