BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior guard Austin Rohde (Shelby) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week after leading Bluffton to a 2-0 mark and tourney championship at the McDonald’s Holiday Tournament on New Years Eve.
Rohde averaged 19 points per game on 60 percent from the field, earning tournament MVP honors for his work in the Sommer Center. The senior was perfect from the charity stripe (6-6), and also averaged three rebounds and two assists per game.
This was Bluffton prior to mid-1956. Paul Diller took this photo of Nickel Plate Road Berkshire Lima-building steam locomotive 718.
CHECK OUT THE WOODCOCK PLANT PHOTO AT BOTTOM OF STORY. -
Paul photographed this fast-moving freight as it crossed the railroad bridge at Marsh Run north of Bluffton. The smoke stack in the background is the Woodcock power plant - bellowing more black smoke that the loco.
The freight passed Bluffton northbound toward Findlay and eventually ended in Bellevue.
Jeff Kantner of Family TrueValue Hardware, 109 N. Main St., announced his January Bargains of the Month.
They follow:
• Duracel batteries, 16-pack of AA or AAA, $9.99
• Duracel batteries, 8-pack of C, D or 9V, $10.99
• 40-pound wild birdseed or black oil sunflower bird seed, $9.99
• 32,000 BTU LP tank top heater, $49.99
• 4-pack 6W or 9W LED bulbs, $7.99
Here's this week's Bluffton refuse pick-up schedule from Republic Services.
Residential, Business (2-8 yard container) and Industrial - Service will run one day late. New Year's Holiday will be observed on Monday, Jan. 1. • Monday's routes will be serviced on Tuesday • Tuesday routes will be serviced on Wednesday • Wednesday routes will be serviced Thursday • Thursday routes will be serviced Friday • Friday routes will be serviced Satruday.
Registration for Winter Storytime at the Bluffton Public Library opens Jan. 3. You may register via phone (419-358-5016), or email ([email protected]), or at the front desk.
Space is limited to 18 children per session. This program is for Preschool Children (ages 3 to 5), and occurs on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. or Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team rallied late for their 10th McDonald's Holiday Tournament title in the past 13 years when the Beavers downed a talented Muskingum squad, 83-79, on Saturday, Dec. 31. Muskingum slipped to 8-3, while Bluffton will head into the New Year with an 8-2 mark.
