The Village of Bluffton, including parts of Bluffton University and a section of the village on the south side of Grove Street are currently without electrical power.
AEP is reporting to customers that the power should be back on by 10:30 p.m. this evening.
Those initials stand for Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, or GOBA. Here’s what it means:
Bluffton is on the 27th annual GOBA bicycle tour in June. Up to 2,500 persons – mostly on bicycles – will arrive in Bluffton from Van Wert on the morning of Sunday, June 21.
That means that on that weekend Bluffton will be the bicycle capital of Ohio.
While in Bluffton bikers will camp at Bluffton University. On Monday morning, June 22, they will depart for Defiance.
A Lions’ Way Trailhead Park will be constructed at the Commerce Lane entrance to the Lions’ Way Trail, according to the Bluffton Bikeway and Pedestrian Pathway Board.
When completed, the park will include a 225- by 60-foot green space bordering Commerce Lane.
“This will greatly enhance the appeal and use of the Lion’s Way Trail. It will serve as a great bike rest stop for area residents and visitors to the greater Bluffton area,” said Richard Ramseyer, Pathway Board chair.
Sara Bertka, a Bluffton High School junior is the BHS student of the month for February. Sara, daughter of Randy and Holly Bertka of Bluffton has a 4.000 grade point average.
She participates in Spanish Club, Art Club, Drama Club and Math Club. She is a member of the BHS concert band and was one of the captains on the flag corps team. She received a perfect score on the Math OGT, has received an Academic Award for her GPA, is the junior class president, a member of the National Honor Society and "Leaders of Tomorrow."
Dr. Larry Starr, head athletic trainer for the Cincinnati Reds for 21 years, including the “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s, will be the keynote speaker for Bluffton University’s annual Civic Engagement Day.
His March 25 address on athletics and lifelong learning is free and open to the public beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
Bluffton HS track standout Hannah Chappell-Dick has been named the South/Southeast Region Athlete of the Year. Eastern Mennonite's middle distance runner earned three gold medals at the ODAC Indoor Championships and will be participating in the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Chappell-Dick, a junior at Eastern Mennonite, was given the award by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association member coaches from the region. She is the fastest woman in the region both at 800m and in the mile.
Rose Marie Grzybowski, 77, died March 9, 2015, at her residence. She was born Jan. 20, 1938, in Chicago, Ill., to the late Bernard and Marie (Jozwiak) Twardowski.
She had been a waitress and licensed beautician. She was a graduate of Gage High School, Chicago, Ill.
Survivors include two sons Robert A. (Dava) Grzybowski, Jr,. of Lima, Ron (Amy) Grzybowski of Ada; four grandchildren; and a brother Tom (Arlene) Twardowski of Illinois.
She was preceded in death by two brothers John and Bernard Twardowski.
By Monty Siekerman of Ada Icon
The Bluffton Paving Co., bid of $1.3 million for the Ada Klingler Road improvement project was accepted by Ada council in a special meeting on March 10. The Bluffton firm was the lowest of eight bids.
The road improvement will extend from the railroad tracks passing through Ada south to Lima Avenue, about half a mile in length. The old surface will be taken up and the new road will be wider, going from the present 19 foot width to 28 feet.
A unique women’s accessories shop joined Bluffton’s Main Street retail make up this month.
Boutique 415 at Polished, Bluffton’s newest business, located in the former Panache’s storefront, opened last week by Joan Frederick, who also owns Polished Nails and Body Salon, located in the same building.
WATCH THE VIDEO "WALK-THROUGH" OF THE SHOP - AND CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
The physical address for Boutique 415 at Polished is 415 N. Main St. Polished Nails and Body Salon is located at 417 N. Main.
Attention Bluffton non-profit organizations and restaurants:
The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) comes to Bluffton in June. With it comes a terrific fund-raising opportunity involving preparing and selling food to the over 2,500 GOBA hungry visitors.
An information meeting, open to representatives of any non-profit Bluffton group and all Bluffton restaurants, takes place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, in the third floor of the town hall.
