Martha “Marty” Jane Hostetler passed away on April 1, 2024. Marty was born on November 22, 1940, the youngest child of William and Elma (Locher) Badertscher of Bluffton. She grew up in the Bluffton area, attended Bluffton College where she met her husband Lowell, and other than a brief stint in the ‘60s, lived her whole life in Bluffton. She and Lowell traveled extensively throughout their 60-year marriage. Between her travel experiences and her insatiable curiosity about everyone and everything, Marty’s world was so much larger than a life lived in a single small town might seem.
The Village of Bluffton has announced that College Ave is closed to traffic due to high water, as of 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2. To recieve Village notifications, visit the Everbridge notification system HERE.
PHOTO Mid-afternoon April 2 flooding at Harmon Field. PHOTO by Zac Kohli
UPDATED 3:25 P.M.
A flood warning has been issued for Allen County and this afternoon College Ave. has been closed at Riley Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Detailed river forecasts and additional information can be found at www.weather.gov/iwx under Rivers and Lakes.
PHOTOS clockwise) Ross Zimmerman sworn in as Bluffton Police Officer; Teri Steinmetz accepts BPD Citizen of the year honors shared with Ryan Demarco and Makayla White; members of Bluffton Boy Scouts Troop 256.
CORRECTION: The last name of Officer Abby Michael was spelled incorrectly in the first version of this article.
The March 25 regular meeting of the Bluffton Council presented a gallery full of people including Boy Scouts from Troop 256, an admittedly unusual condition for these meetings. The Scouts were introduced to the Village Councilors and to the staff in attendance.
Dr. Cherie Hocanson and Jordan Hamilton, assistant professors of education at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “BUILD (Bluffton University Improving Literacy Development) and the Science of Reading: An Overview of the Five Components of Effective Literacy,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 5 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
By Peggy Hall, OSU-Agricultural & Resource Law Program and Wayne Dellinger, OSU Extension-Union County. Edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County.
Up to a half-million people could flow into the solar eclipse path that will cross Ohio on April 8. The potential increase of visitors to Ohio’s rural areas raises unique safety and legal concerns for farmers and farmland owners.
