May 2019

The Jerry Szabo Trio will perform in tonight's Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series.

The performance is at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St.

Members of the trio are Szabo, Dave Sycks and Dean Alstaetter. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Trio
Jerry Szabo is the founder of the Jerry Szabo Trio.  He has freelanced as an oboist and drummer in New York City with Barbra Streisand among others.

Bluffton High School girls' softball team is ranked 5th in Division IV of the Ohio High School Softball Fastpick Coaches Association state poll for week 5. The top 10 teams in the division are listed here.

 

We're researching with our Wisconsin contacts the possible meaning of WOOP on this Wisconsin Green Bay Packers license plate. This was spotted in Bluffton on Saturday on a white Subaru wagon.

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton boys tennis team competed in the Div. II sectionals at UNOH Thursday.

Bluffton junior Drew Wilson posted a first round win over Bath's Derek Inskeep. He then lost to Ada junior Isaac Spar in the second round.

Pirate Trey Boblitt lost 6-0, 6-2 in the first round. Zimmerman also lost in the singles first round.

Bluffton duo Eden Nygaard and Grant Klinger lost in the first doubles round, as did Mack Burner and Jordan Siefer.

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has been awarded the 2019 Energy Efficiency Award by AEP Ohio. This award recognizes AEP Ohio customers that have done outstanding work participating in AEP Ohio energy efficiency programs. BVHS is one of only three health systems in Ohio to receive this recognition.

By excelling in these programs, BVHS has advanced the efficiency of its operations, buildings and patients by providing better lighting, greater comfort, greater productivity and energy cost savings.

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has been resurveyed by the Ohio State Medical Association Focused Task Force on Accreditation and awarded accreditation for four years as a provider of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians.

BVHS has been offering these educational opportunities since 1975, initially only for physicians. However, at BVHS any interested medical professionals such as medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants and more are invited to attend as well. 

Dunifon wins 300 hurdles; Stackhouse wins long jump

Bluffton High School boys' track team finished second in the Northwest Conference meet over the weekend. It was the second consecutive year that the boys were runners-up. The girls' team finished fourth.

Xavier Dunifon won the 300 hurdles for BHS in 39.8. Kylie Stackhouse won the long jump at 14-05.

CLICK HERE for complete NWC results.

Brings 30 teams and upward to 1,000 persons to town

A massive two-day youth soccer tournament will bring upward to 1,000 persons to Bluffton this weekend.

It’s the Bluffton Soccer American Cup event held Saturday and Sunday on the Bluffton University soccer fields. The Bluffton Soccer Club sponsors this annual two-day tournament.

According to Ron Koontz and Dan Lee, tournament directors, the weekend event includes 30 teams from Bluffton and surrounding communities. Competing teams are recreational U-12 and U-15.

Just ask Bluffton eighth graders - they've figured it out

Night at the Museum part 1 - The youth of Bluffton have not only figured out their career paths, they shared their knowledge about their planned careers to the public.

Last week’s Night at the Museum featured middle school students displaying their careers choices. The career portion of the museum was created by eighth graders.

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The evening also featured seventh graders who dressed as a famous person of history. Sixth graders chose a country to display and show its culture.

Bluffton's Memorial Day parade is Monday, May 27.

The parade forms at 9:15 a.m at the town hall and starts at 9:30 a.m. Terry L. Marshall, Blufton High School graduate, is the speaker for the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Memorial Circle at Maple Grove Cemetary following the parade.

The Bluffton American Legion Post will hold a chicken barbecue at the Citizens National Bank parking lot from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 each.

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