By Bryan Kress
After a slow first half that showed only one touchdown from Carey the fireworks were turned on in the second with six scores allowing the Pirates to take home the victory.
The only score of the first came a Zach Brodman four-yard run to put the game at 6-0.
Bluffton came out of half time throwing as Mitchell Ault got the Pirates on the board with a 54-yard pass to Levi Kistler.
Bluffton was rest stop at milepost 75 for Sunday's Hancock Horizontal Hundred Handelbars Bicycle Tour. Over 500 bikers stopped at Bluffton between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The bike tour by the Findlay-based club includes rides of 20, 40, 62 and 100 miles. The stop was co-sponsored by the Handlebars Bike Club and the Bluffton Lion Foundation. For more information contact Paul Craun, Hancock Handlebars Bike Club at (419) 424-8782 or Dick Ramseyer, Bluffton Lions Foundation at (419) 358-0713. (Dick Ramseyer photo)
Alec Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder of Bluffton, and son of Mike and Rebecca Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind., continues to excel on the national stage in the sport of men’s gymnastics.
In May, Yoder, a sophomore at Northpoint Home School, competed in the U.S. Men’s Junior Elite National Championships in Portland, Ore., as a Level 10 elite gymnast.
Lauren Osting says she always wanted to be a teacher – and open her own day care center.
As new director of the Bluffton Child Development Center, Osting says she has the best of both worlds.
Osting of Elida assumed the BCDC director position on Aug. 1, following the retirement of Mary Painter.
She graduated from the University of Toledo with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and is certified to teach pre-kindergarten to third grade.
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Don Steinman from Arlington, found this sign in a antique store in pretty bad shape. He had a fellow restore it for him. Don is relation to the Steinman's from the lumber company and is also the editor and president of the Eagle Creek Historical Organization clubs newsletter in Arlington.
Steinman Lumber Company's Bluffton office was on the site of Riley Creek Mercantile on Cherry Street.
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