"All these years later, I still remember the dread I felt before taking the quarry test. This wasn't a written exam, and it had nothing to do with school. It was a rite of passage for any Bluffton kid who wanted to earn the right to swim in the Buckeye." - Rick Ramseyer
This is a sample of the content of "Bluffton Anthology - A creek runs through it." Copies are now available for $24.95 plus tax in Bluffton at:
• Roots by Strattons
• The Food Store
• The Black Lab
• Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
• The Dough Hook
Bluffton University and Bluffton Exempted Village Schools will provide program for the Friday morning Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.
To help identify persons attending on Zoom, the chamber asks persons to RSVP to help the chamber identify you in the Zoom waiting room. RSVP to blufftonchamber@gmail.com.
Persons may join the teleconference by 7:20 a.m. using a phone or video link. The meeting is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
The Bluffton school board has rescheduled its December Board Meeting for Monday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bluffton Elementary Media Center, according to Paula Parish, school treasurer.
The board also rescheduled the Records Commission for Monday Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. to review the disposal of records as recommended by the treasurer (held in the superintendent’s office.)
Ohio Department of Transportation announced I-75 lane restrictions begin today in Beaverdam. Crews will be moving barrier wall for the winter traffic pattern.
The following highway construction scheduled to occur within Allen County is dependent upon weather conditions.
Interstate 75 in both directions, at the village of Beaverdam, will have daytime lane restrictions (7 a.m. - 7 p.m.) to move the barrier wall in the work zone.
The lane restrictions will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 8, or Wednesday, Dec. 9, and continue through Monday, Dec. 11.
Icon sports writer Cort Reynolds has one of his NBA stories posted on the Basketball Intelligence national website.
His article recounting the second NBA 1 on 1 tournament in 1973 and its epic, Marathon championship game between an all-star and a career backup from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys basketball team raced to a big halftime lead and held off Liberty-Benton 79-67 to win their home opener Saturday night.
The Pirates led a high-scoring first half 49-33 at intermission as Carson Soper poured in 19 points on the strength of four three-pointers.
Trenton Donley also knocked down two triples in the opening stanza as the hot-shooting Pirates built a 27-11 lead. Donley added another triple in the second period, while Trey Boblitt also drained three trifectas before intermission.
By Cort Reynolds
OTTOVILLE - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team battled hard but lost 44-36 at undefeated Ottoville Saturday afternoon in non-league play.
The Lady Pirates dropped to 2-3 after the defeat, while Ottoville improved to 3-0 with the win.
Lady Pirate Laykin Garmatter led Bluffton with 20 points on the strength of four trifectas. Nicole Knippen of Ottoville matched her with 20 points and four treys as well.
Ottoville jumped out to a 13-4 lead after the first period as Knippen canned two triples and scored eight points.
