It was a quick timeout, but BHS boys' basketball coach, Todd Boblitt, gets some instructions in. The Pirates won this year's McDonald's Boys' Holiday Tournament. The Pirates are on the road in the first two games of 2017. Two Western Buckeye League opponents entertain Bluffton. On Saturday BHS travels to Ottawa-Glandorf. Next Tuesday BHS travels to Wapakoneta.
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.
