BLUFFTON, Ohio - Trey Everett (Sidney/Fairlawn) had a record-setting performance in the high jump at the SPIRE Midwest Open Saturday and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week.
It was Onalee Shepler week at Southgate Lanes Bowling Alley, Bluffton. Shepler had the women’s high game score of 255 , the third highest score at 217 and the women’s high series at 659.
John Peterman and Dan Moorman tied at 286 for the men’s highest game score. Bob Edwards’ 750 was the men’s high series score.
The attachment at the bottom of this story lists all the high scores of the week ending Jan. 30.
The Bluffton Scrap Artists recently applied for and were selected to receive a $500 grant from Ohio Quilts.
The grant will help cover the costs associated with making soldier quilts for wounded men and women in the U.S. armed forces. There will be an open sew day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Patio Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Center.
Bluffton’s 2014 EMS runs and patient transports were down in 2014 compared to previous years, according to Jan Basinger, EMS chief.
In 2014 Bluffton EMS had 429 runs and 299 transports. That is 10 runs lower than last year and 27 transports lower than last year. A nine-year chart attachment to this story shows runs from 2006 to 2014.
The second attachment to this story reveals 2014 EMS fire runs, transports and other runs by the month.
The chart also shows the call locations and the transport destinations.
Book ReViews will hold a book discussion group from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning February 12. Because of limited space, the group is open to the first eight women who register. The first book to be discussed will be "One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are" by New York Times bestselling author, Ann Voskamp.
