August 2023

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Sunday, August 27, is the deadline to register a 3-4th grade team for volleyball.

September 9 - October 7
Saturday mornings
$300/team

To register, visit www.bfronline.com

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Pirates host Bath Saturday at 11:45 a.m. / TEAM ROSTER

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls soccer team played to a gut-wrenching 1-1 tie with visiting Wapakoneta in a non-league match Tuesday night, August 22, at Steinmetz Field. (Game on YouTube.)

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The Bluffton University men's soccer team heads north to Albion College to open the 2023 season on Friday, Sept. 1, the first of four straight road matches before UC-Clermont travels to the Sears Complex for the Beaver home opener on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The HCAC lidlifter is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 27, when Transylvania makes the trek up Interstate 75 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. Rival Defiance College will be in the house on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The regular season wraps up with road trips to Rose-Hulman and Manchester.

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Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters detail impact of quilts for veterans

By Paula Scott

For sixteen years, Bluffton American Legion Post 382 has hosted a fun charitable golf outing with a serious purpose. The event raises funds for local nonprofits and charitable organizations, including those that support area veterans.

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FINDLAY—The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation is seeking proposals for  grants for the upcoming Solar Eclipse in 2024. Potential projects should be focused on education  and educational activities related to the eclipse, which will take place on April 8, 2024. 

“Two of the priorities the community identified through Community Conversations 2022 were  affordable, family-friendly community activities and education,” said Brian Treece, President & CEO  of the Foundation. “With those two things in mind, coupled with this rare event, we want to make  sure as much of the community can benefit from these grants as possible to experience this  phenomenon together.” 

Nonprofit organizations, including government entities, providing services to residents of Findlay  and Hancock County, Ohio are invited to complete a short application requesting funding for their  projects. Priority will be given to educational opportunities leading up to and related to this  meteorological phenomenon. 

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Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has named Gulshan Mehta as the organization’s chief digital and information officer (CDIO).

Before joining BVHS, Mehta, on behalf of the Oracle Corporation, was the head of the Bear Institute for Health Innovation at Children’s National Health System (Washington, D.C.).

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The Bluffton University volleyball team is ready to build on a solid 2022 campaign that saw the Beavers go 16-11 and get back into the Heartland Conference tournament after a one-year hiatus snapped Bluffton's string of 13 straight berths. The Beavers won four straight HCAC tournament titles from 2013 through 2016 after their first HCAC championship in 2009 when Bluffton went 27-6 with an 8-0 mark in the conference.

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By Cort Reynolds

VOLLEYBALL
The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost in three straight sets at non-league foe Shawnee Monday evening, August 21.

The Indians won 25-18, 25-13, 25-13. Kelly Cooper hit for 15 kills, while Addie Maxwell doled out 36 assists and Grace Freiberger mustered up 19 digs.

Last Saturday, Bluffton opened its season with a five-set win at Kalida.

After winning the first two sets the Pirates staved off a Wildcat comeback to win the marathon match 25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 11-25, 15-9.

Kendall Stackhouse and Ayla Grandey led the victors with 10 kills apiece. Grandey also served four aces. Setter Gracie Yarnell dished out 21 assists, while libero Avery Talavinia came up with 24 digs.

The Pirate girls (1-1) host local rival Pandora-Gilboa Thursday, August 24.

BOYS GOLF
The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished second in a close three-team Northwest Conference match Monday, August 21, at Pike Run Golf Course.

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FINDLAY– The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation has welcomed two new members to the Board of Trustees, Bill Conlisk and Alissa Preston.

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The support group GriefShare is returning to Bluffton beginning on September 7. GriefShare is for those who have lost a loved one, whether that loss is recent or not. The group meets weekly with the aim to be a warm, caring environment that will help participants on the long path through grief toward healing and hope for the future.

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