Residents of the Bluffton school district received the Bluffton school summer newsletter this week. The newsletter is posted at the bottom of this story. Greg Denecker, superintendent, provides the following school district update as the first day of school is Monday.
By Greg Denecker, superintendent
We are looking forward to the start of a fantastic school year. On Aug. 28, we will welcome approximately 1,200 students into our district.
The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will host a toy car show during the Saturday, Sept. 23, Bluffton Fall Festival, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
"We are looking for collectors young and old, who collect Matchbox, Hot Wheels or other toy cars to display during the festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m." she said.
The show will be free and open to the public. There is no cost to display the toy cars.
Here are road repair updates for next week from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
• U.S. 30 eastbound just west of Pevee Road will be reduced to one lane through the work zone on Aug. 28 for repair of concrete pavement. Work is being performed by ODOT roadway services.
• State Route 696 from just east of Swaney Road to just north of the village of Beaverdam will be reduced to one lane through the work zone for pavement repair and resurfacing. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.
The Fifth Annual Regional Auto Growth Summit will be held Friday, Sept. 8, in the Keese Hall Multipurpose Center at Rhodes State College, 4240 College Drive, Lima. This year’s theme is: Transportation: Driving Employment.
The event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and networking. The program will start at 9:30 a.m. and include these featured speakers:
· Kim Braun, CEO of Braun Industries, Van Wert
· Bernard Swiecki and Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Bluffton Fire Department would like to thank everyone who came out and made our Summerfest Fundraiser at Southgate Lanes a great success.
Without the support of the local businesses that sponsored corn hole boards for the tournament, those that participated in the silent auctions, enjoyed the pulled pork dinners and stayed into the evening for great music and fun, the fundraiser would not have been as big of a success.
Ronald K. "Ron" Chidester, 78, of Millbury, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital. Ron was born on Oct. 6, 1938, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Kenneth and Pauline (Eikenbury) Chidester. He married Glenna Myer on Oct. 5, 1957. Ron served in the United States Navy.
Ron was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association.
While most Bluffton solar eclipse watchers witnessed an 85 percent eclipse on Aug. 21 the Basil and Rosemary Meyer family experienced the “real thing.”
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -
According to Tonya Meyer, seven of the nine adult Meyer children plus all 12 Meyer grandchildren experienced the eclipse while staying at the Abbey of Gesthsemani in Kentucky.
The Meyer’s son, Matt, (Brother Matthias) is at the abbey.
David L. Ernest, 71, died Aug. 19, 2017, at the Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. David was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Findlay to the late Delmer and Juanita (Gearing) Ernest. On Feb. 25, 1967 he married Nancy Cupples Ernest and she survives.
