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Bluffton had royalty at this year's Allen County junior fair. Sydney Hoff, daughter of Scott and Brigette Hoff, was named junior fair princess. She is a senior at Bluffton High School.

 She is a member of Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club and Future Shepherds 4-H Club.

She received the follow awards at this year's county and state fair:

• Mastering Photography – A, First Place, County Plaque Winner, Ohio State Fair Participant

• 2 A ribbons

• Outstanding Livestock Interview

• 1st place Sr. Goat Livestock Interview Judging

Sally Ann Parish, 78, died Aug. 25, 2017, at The Villa at Silverbell Estates in Lake Orion, Michigan.   

She was born on April 5, 193, in Houktown, Ohio, to Carson and Martha (Schnegg) Parish who preceded her in death.

Sally spent her childhood in Bluffton, Ohio. After her marriage to Alex Wolff, she moved to Boyne City, Michigan, where she raised her family. Sally had a Bachelor’s of Art from Aquinas College and also received her LPN degree from Northwestern Michigan College.  She worked as an LPN for Grandvue Medical Center in Michigan.

Kid's night out, Halloween party, indoor soccer, adult volleyball - just for starters

Bluffton Family Recreation has a wide assortment of programming for youth and adults this fall, according to Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator.

OPEN THE PRINTER-FRIEND ATTACHED NEWSLETTER
FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM DETAILS -

Fall festival
BFR will host a craft home expo and open house during this year's Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Three Bluffton part-time students at Rhodes State College were named to the 2017 summer semester dean's list.

Students are: Kaitlynn Elizabeth King, Jonathan Scott Shivers and Jacob Dylan Spencer.

Leading authority on Ecstasy research

Jon E. Sprague, R.Ph., Ph.D., director and BCI Eminent Scholar at the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science at Bowling Green State University, and a leading authority on Ecstasy research, will be speaking at the University of Findlay from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30 in the Davis Street Building, Room 2225.

Police pay rates and mobile food providers also on the agenda

NOTE: The entire agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton council considers second and third readings of three ordinances tonight. These include:
• Licensing and regulations for mobile food providers (2nd reading)
• Establishing ranges of pay for members of the police department (2nd reading)
• Addendum to the Village of Ottawa water contract of Dec. 2, 2005. (3rd reading)

The water ordinance states: “The parties agree that Bluffton has paid Ottawa for water for all contract years before 2017. “

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