All proceeds go to Community Assistance Program back-to-school drive
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Teams are forming for a Saturday, Sept. 8, Bluffton Battle of the Businesses with proceeds going to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s back-to-school drive.
The event is sponsored by Stratton Auto Group, Southgate Lanes and Lisa Wenger of RealLiving CCR Realtors.
Taking place at Southgate Lanes, the battle will include four-player teams and the competition begins at 2 p.m.
Registration is $250 per team, which includes three games of bowling, a t-shirt and dinner for each team player.
Tri-County Assembly of God, Bluffton, will offer a "Moving Through Grief," support group and counseling this fall.
Lori A. Hunt, M.A.C., L.P.C., L.P.S.C., a licensed professional counselor, will direct and present the program each Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., Sept. 6 through Oct. 25, at the church 835 N. Main St., Bluffton.
For more information contact the church at 419-358-1382. The program is free and open to the public.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton, in conjunction with the Village of Bluffton, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Bluffton American Legion, says thank you to the many businesses and individuals who helped to sponsor the 2018 Main Street flag project. The cooperation among so many people who helped this project in so many ways is truly inspiring. And the stories behind the people who are honored and memorialized are heartwarming.
Bluffton police report that on Aug. 24, Jonathon Lamb, 37, Bluffton, was sentenced to 18 years in prison during a sentencing hearing in the Hancock County Common Pleas Court.
Mr. Lamb plead guilty to two charges of rape in June of 2018 and a pre-sentence investigation followed. Mr. Lamb was sentenced to nine years on each count and those sentences will be served consecutively.
Fifteen non-traditional students will be awarded Lima Rotary Club Certificates acknowledging their scholarship awards for fall 2018 classes. Presentations will be made on Monday, Aug. 27.
Students are pursuing higher education in Radiographic Imaging, Paralegal, Registered Nursing, Licensed Practical Nursing, Elementary Education and Middle Childhood Education, AS Graphic Design/Web Page Development, BS in Health Care Administration, AA in Medical Office Management, BS in English, Math Education, BS in Music and Business Management.
The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will host a toy car show during the Bluffton Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 22, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
The Senior Center invites 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.
The show will be free and open to the public. There is no cost to display the toy cars.
"There will also be a rug weaving demo and 15% off all rugs at the Senior Center during the festival," said Meyer.
By Sam Brauen, www.blufftonpirates.com
(BLUFFTON) - Ottawa-Glandorf defeated Bluffton 3-2 in girls soccer action Wednesday evening. Kayla White scored both goals for Bluffton. Riley Busch made 13 saves in goal. The Pirates are now 0-1-1 on the season.
By Sam Brauen, www.blufftonpirates.com
The Bluffton High School football team will be on the hunt for their first winning season since 2015 when they take the field Friday August 24 at Cory-Rawson. The Pirates finished 4-6 last season including a dramatic road win over Columbus Grove in the season finale.
Mary Ann Sullivan, professor emerita Bluffton University, 77, died on Aug. 22, 2018, at her home in Lima, Ohio.
Mary Ann was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on July 30, 1941, to Raymond W. Miller and Martha Mildred (Cordray) Miller, who preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Bill Sullivan, and by her brother, Douglas Miller of Omaha, Nebraska.
