Bluffton Public Library will be closed Dec. 23 through Dec. 25. On Dec. 31, the library will close at 5:30 p.m. and reopen at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 2.
The library's online catalog and digital downloads will still be available. Patrons with a valid library card in good standing may request or renew library items and download free ebooks online. For more information, visit www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org or call 419-358-5016.
Kyle Cutnaw has replaced Dennis Lee as head football coach at Bluffton High School, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director. His contract was approved at the Dec. 16 Bluffton school board meeting.
"Coach Cutnaw has extensive experience both playing and coaching football. He played football at and graduated from Bluffton University. Kyle was the head football coach at Edgerton High School, before moving on as a wide receivers coach/JV offensive coordinator at Otterbein College," said Hanna.
The Village of Bluffton’s personnel committee will be meeting Thursday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. The meeting will be at Town Hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
M. Lois Baxter, 87, died Dec. 17, 2013 at St. Rita's Ambulatory Care Center, Glandorf. She was born June 26, 1926 in McCutchenville, Ohio, to the late Roy Calvin and May (Powell) Simpson. On June 20, 1948, she married James D. Baxter and he survives.
Lois retired in 1985 from teaching physical education and English at Columbus Grove High School. She had also taught at Morenci Public Schools, Morenci, Mich., and Anthony Wayne Local Schools, Whitehouse, Ohio.
