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The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley has been chosen as the featured title for the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library’s 2023 CommunityREAD. Copies of the book are now available at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library. The feature presentation by the author will take place on April 6, 2023 at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts.            

The Bluffton Public Library administration and board has welcomed a new trustee, ​C​handa Smith, who is the librarian at Ada Exempted Village Schools.

The current Board of Trustees is made up of the following:

Pictured L-R, top row:

  • Robert Scott
  • Bob Beer (President)
  • ​C​handa Smith

Front row:

  • Amy Lehman Mikesell
  • Carrie Phillips (Secretary)
  • Emily VonStein

Not pictured:

Saturday mornings in Bluffton will be busier starting May 7 with the opening of the Bluffton Farmers Market for the 2022 season. The market operates from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of Citizens National Bank, 102 S. Main St. It runs from the first Saturday of May to the last Saturday of October.

Lou Ann Leiber, 82, passed away April 29, 2022, at her residence. Lou Ann was born April 7, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Charles and Imo (Bowman) Seever. On September 27, 1958 she married Dwain Leiber who survives.

Four new employees were hired this week for the Bluffton Schools 2022-2023 academic year: (L-R) Katrina Riepenhoff will teach MS Math, Mary Glick will be the Elementary Music teacher, Missy Smith will be the Elementary Guidance counselor, and Rachel Skilliter will teach HS Math.

 

UPDATE: The score originally reported for this game was incorrect.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School baseball team lost 2-6 at Spencerville in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday night, April 28.

Bluffton hosts Delphos Jefferson (4-11, 2-3 NWC) in a league makeup game Friday, then entertains Arlington (6-8) Saturday at 11 a.m.

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