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By Cort Reynolds

ROSSFORD__The Bluffton High School wrestling team sent six grapplers to the double elimination Div. III tournament at Rossford Friday and Saturday, March 1-2.

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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will hold its midweek Lenten service beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6. 

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During March 2024 the Bluffton Public Library has programs including art, astronomy, fiction, games, health, music, socializing, and technology. See an "R" next to a program? That's not a rating, that's registration is required.

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8th in a series about famous BHS alumni

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

May 7, 1912 - Jan. 25, 2013
BHS class of 1929

Question: Why is the Bluffton High School mascot a pirate?

Answer: Because of John Hartzler, member of the Bluffton High School class of 1929. While some say it takes a village to make a child, For Bluffton, it took a John Hartzler to make us Pirates.

But, there’s much more to Hartzler’s story than the naming of the BHS school mascot, as that explanation comes later. This lanky 6-foot-5-inch athletic and talented musician, following college, was an extremely popular high school teacher and school administrator, eventually becoming assistant school superintendent of the Akron City Public Schools.

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Marilyn Ruth Dearth, age 90, of Ada, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. 

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Mary Elaine Augsburger, 75, passed away March 1, 2024, due to complications from dementia at the Meadows of Ottawa where she has been a resident for the past year. 

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