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Bluffton Police Chief Ryan Burkholder provided the following activity summary for October 2024 at the November 25 meeting of the Bluffton Village Council. The full report with 2024 incident breakdowns by month and ticket summary with descriptions is attached HERE.

CALLS FOR SERVICE

Police Calls for Service- 570
Police Chief Calls for Service- 119
Traffic Stops - 73

CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS

Burglary

Criminal Damaging

Deceased Person

Miscellaneous

No Operators License

Juvenile Offense

Sexual Offense

TOTAL

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

8

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ABOVE) Dennis Lee in 2000 with the girls Varsity Basketball page spread from the Buccaneer yearbook.The yearbook is online at BHS Wall of Fame

By Bill Herr

In my opinion, one of the greatest ever coaches in any sport at Bluffton High School is Mr. Dennis Lee. Coach Lee's parents were Gene and Sue Lee. His father was a full time farmer and his mother worked at a hospital. Dennis and his wife Cindy have two children, Matthew and Andrew.

Dennis grew up helping with all the things that go on at a farm: baling hay and straw, milking a dairy herd, chores. I am a farmer and also taught at BHS. When we would eat together, we would talk farming. When we met for my interview with him for this column, it was a wet, cool summer morning. The first thing he said to me was, "Not a good day for corn to grow, is it?"

Coach Lee's siblings have been or are still involved in coaching. Mike was principal and basketball coach at Minster, and is now boys' basketball coach at Pandora High School. Greg coached boys' basketball at Value and has been an official. Now he runs the golf course at Arlington. Kathy was the women's basketball coach at Adrian College in Michigan. ▶︎

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Santa and the Bluffton Fire Department are coming to visit the library! Register now for the event on Tue., Dec. 10 at 6:00 p.m. This is a FREE event filled with reading, stories, and crafts. Register online, at the library front desk, or by calling 419-358-5016 by December 9. Space is limited.

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Guy "Gene" E. Miller, 85, passed away November 23, 2024, at the Mennonite Memorial Home.

Guy "Gene" was born December 24, 1938 in Lima to LeRoy and Viola (Burden) Miller who preceded him in death. On November 22, 1985 he married Sharon (Thompson) Miller and she survives.  

Gene was a member of the Lima Baptist Temple and retired from the Dana Corporation after 30 years of dedication. He could always be found tinkering and enjoyed attending auctions.  

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On Friday, November 29, Bluffton Football is heading to Wapakoneta to face the Coldwater Cavaliers in the State Semi-Final.

Bluffton will be the visiting team; spectators should sit in the visitor bleachers.

Location: Mercy Health/Wapak Ford Field 400 W. Harrison St., Wapakoneta, OH 45895

Gates Open: 5:30 p.m.

Kickoff: 7:00 p.m.

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Bluffton Lions newsletter is attached HERE.

The Bluffton Lions will install four new members in February 2025: Laura Dagani, Brigette Hoff, Scott Hoff and Renee Matthews. The next Lions Club meeting is January 7.

LEO CLUB
Lion Natalie Armstrong is starting a Leo Club.

ALL-INCLUSIVE BLUFFTON LIONS PLAYGROUND
The Bluffton Lions are planning to build an all-Inclusive playground at the new Village park being developed on the north side of Snider Rd. Lion Barbara Plaugher showed a power-point on a LCIF (Lions Club International Foundation) matching grant of up to $150K.

PEACE POSTER COMPETITION
Three Peace Poster winners and their teacher provided information on their art projects. This is a world-wide project for students ages 11 through 13.

The theme this year was “Peace Without Limits”. For 30 years clubs around the world have been sponsoring an art contest in schools and youth groups. Creating peace posters gives children the chance to express their vision of peace. ▶︎

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