Our sweet, loving sister, Linda Sue Weber, 72 of Pandora, went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 27, 2022.
Linda was born March 23, 1949 in Kokomo, Indiana to Robert E. and Alice M. (Schumacher) Weber; the second of seven children.
Linda graduated from John A. Roland High School, Roland Heights, California, in 1967. She majored in music from Mt. Antonio College in Walnut, California.
Join the Putnam County District Library for activities in March 2022:
March 1 @ 6:30 pm via Facebook Polishing your lucky pennies | March 15 @ 6:30 pm via Facebook Leprechaun trap | March 29 @ 6:30 pm via Facebook Rainbow music
Please place your request with Heather the week prior to Lucky Science Fun for a ingredient list [email protected].
Ready To Read Storytimes about FOOD March 1– March 17, 2022
Bluffton Family Recreation will host a youth volleyball clinic April 2-30 with Bluffton University volleyball players. Players in grades 3 and 4 are invited register at www.bfronline.com.
At the time of this announcement, Allen County was downgraded from High to Substantial COVID transmission level.
Due to the decline of COVID-19 cases within the community, Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will be making changes to current COVID-19 testing sites and testing requirements.
BVHS will no longer require COVID-19 testing prior to having a surgery or procedure completed at the Findlay campus, Bluffton campus and the Findlay Surgery Center.
Shari Schwab, AVP, Credit Analyst at First National Bank (Pandora) is retiring effective February 25, 2022. Schwab was hired by First National Bank in 1981.
Shari began her career as a Customer Service Representative, then worked in deposit operations. In 2005, Shari began working in accounting, where she was promoted to AVP. She then graduated from The Bank Leadership Institute. Shari has worked as a Credit Analyst at First National Bank since 2016.
Shari and her husband, Tony, reside in Pandora and have 2 children and 3 grandchildren.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team battled to the end, but #6 seed Anderson University won the rubber match 68-63 in the HCAC semi-final in Lexington, KY, on February 25.
Anderson advanced to the Heartland Conference finals where they were defeated by #2-ranked tournament host Transylvania on February 26. Bluffton saw its exceptional season come to a close with a 19-7 mark.
The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools district has issued an agenda for the regular meeting of the Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. on Feb 28, 2022. The meeting will be held in the Elementary Media Center, 102 S. Jackson St.
The agenda includes the following highlighted items. A complete agenda is attached below.
Appropriation Modification: Establishing Funds & Fund Adjustments:
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will observe the Lenten season with a special mid-week service each week until Holy Week, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.
The theme is "The Crucial Hours" and studies phrases and moments from Jesus' suffering, death and victory that demonstrate the completeness of His saving work and the depth of His love for us.
2022 Co-Putnam County League boys basketball champs Pandora-Gilboa and Ottoville squared off in the Van Wert Sectional Final match-up on Friday, February 25 in familiar style. For three quarters, the teams went back-and-forth, never leading by more than six points with stellar defense on both sides. The Rockets led 26-24 at the end of the third quarter and were ahead 28-24 early in the fourth. Ottoville responded, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to regain the lead, and closed game with a 20-3 run and avenging their regular season loss to the Rockets. P-G bowed out of the tournament, losing 44-31.
This is the first in a series of “Famous from Bluffton” features from www.blufftonforever.com.
Samuel S. Yoder’s name does not register in the minds of many, if any, Bluffton residents today.
However, this one-time Bluffton mayor, former business owner and Civil War veteran, once served Ohio’s 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
