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Fortman Insurance, 115 N. Main St., Bluffton, will hold a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 22. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct the ribbon cutting.

The event is in recognition of the company ownership being passed from one generation to the next.

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Bluffton Police Department - Public Docket March 2016
Total Calls for Service -460

March 3
Officers arrested Scott Beach, 43, Bluffton, on an outstanding warrant out of Hancock County.

March 4
A Defiance resident reported child custody/safety issues. 

March 8
Police were called to an E Elm St residence in response to an argument over personal belongings.   

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Clifford Alton Harris, 95, died April 20, 2016, at his residence. Clifford was born May 19, 1920, in Vanlue, Ohio, to Charles and Bertha (Beck) Harris who preceded him in death. On Dec. 30, 1939, he married Thelma Cupp Harris who preceded him in death on May 8, 2009.

Clifford retired from Dana Corporation in Lima.  He was an avid carpenter, was a master craftsman and fisherman.  Clifford was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

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Pass it on – Bluffton Cash Mobs are back - on Thursday.
 
This month's Cash Mob host (Thursday, April 21) is Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, with cash mob hours from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
 
During cash mob hours the store will offer 40 percent off one item purchased, according to Connie Kruse.
 
In addition, anyone attending the Cash Mob may sign up for a $50 shopping spree at the store. 
 
Town and Country Flowers
121 S. Main St.
419-358-4040

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It was contract night on April 18 for the Bluffton school board as many contracts for this spring and for next school year were approved.

Action involved:

• Seventeen certified contracts for 2016-17
• Four classified contracts for 2016-17
• Twenty-nine supplemental contracts for 2016-17

Also, the board approved several Saturday school supervisors and classified employees.

Class fees and handbooks for elementary, middle and high school for 2016-17 were also approved.

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It rained shoes this winter and early spring at Bluffton Family Recreation.

According to Joseph Beagle, BFR director, 215 bags of shoes were collected this year.

The shoes are now on their way to Florida. There they will be sent to persons in 25 underdeveloped countries where micro-enterprises use them for their businesses.

Beagle said that a special thanks goes to Sharon Calvelage from the Catholic Ladies Association, who assisted BFR in getting the shoes collected.

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