Bluffton residents Joel and Teri Steinmetz and two of their children received injuries from a two-vehicle accident Sunday, at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Bentley Road, according to the Lima Post of the State Highway Patrol.
In addition, the driver of the second vehicle, Monica L. Nostrum, 44, of Bellaire, Michigan, received injuries.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(ELIDA) - After a tie and a tournament style shootout loss, the Pirate boys soccer team earned their first win in a big way Saturday afternoon. Senior Jesse Montel registered a hat trick leading Bluffton to a 7-1 victory over Mansfield St. Peter's in the consolation game of the Elida Kickoff Classic.
Group tech courses, National Video Games Day, line dancing, fall book sale, Banned Books Week...and more are on the September calendar at the Bluffton Public Library.
Here's the schedule:
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. This year, Disney Pixar’s superhero family from The Incredibles remind us that libraries are “incredible” and that getting a library card is the first step to a really “super lifestyle.” Fill your life with fun and learning so you may “pursue your passions and succeed” (ala.org).
“We had a lot of guys getting their first taste of being starters and early on it took a while to get their footing,” Richards said. Indeed, there were many first time starters including freshmen Nate Schaadt, Aaron Tabler and Trent Howard.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
“All things considered, I’m happy with the win, but we got a lot of things to work on.” These were the words from Bluffton head football coach Jeff Richards following his team’s 28-6 victory at Cory-Rawson’s Spike Berry Field to open the 2018 season.
Bluffton scored a touchdown in each quarter on their way to the victory. The Pirates coughed up the ball three times and Cory-Rawson turned over the pigskin four times in the second half as Bluffton cruised to the win.
Interstate 75 northbound entrance ramp from state Route 103 will close Wednesday, Aug. 29, for one day for bridge deck repair. Traffic will be detoured onto state Route 103 and state Route 235 back to Interstate 75 northbound.
Interstate 75 northbound between state Route 235 and state Route 698, between Mount Cory and Findlay, will be reduced to one lane through the work zone for bridge deck and pavement repairs. Work is expected to begin Monday, Aug. 27, and last for approximately two days. Work is being performed by the ODOT roadway services department.
Next week launches the first of four fall program sessions at Bluffton Family Recreation, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director. Each session lasts four week.
The following youth program are part of the first session. Registration is still open for these programs. Contact BFR at 419-358-4150 or register on line at www.bfronline.com.
The cost for participating in Session 1 is $12 for members and $24 for program participants.
Bluffton Lions will perform eye screening for Bluffton Kindergarteners and day care children from Sept. 10 to 19, according to Barbara Plaugher of the club.
Several additional Lions programs are planned in September. Open the current Lions newsletter, attached at the bottom of this story, for additional Lions news.
Poemsby Sean Lause of Bluffton are included in the 2018 edition of Quiet Diamonds, the annual poetry journal from The Orchard Street Press.
Poems in the anthology were selected from entries to The Orchard Street Press annual poetry contest, a national competition.
Lause is a professor of English at Rhodes State College. He recently released "Wakeful Fathers and Dreaming Sons," an chapbook that deals with fathers and sons and the post-industrial experience in the Lima-Bluffton area.
