Bluffton's hardier garden residents have come out of hiding with eye catching colors. The robins and squirrels are also on view, but are more camera-shy.
The Bluffton High School varsity softball team was blanked 5-0 by visiting Elida Monday evening. The Pirate girls dropped to 0-4 with the non-league defeat.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, when Elida broke the tie to grab a 1-0 lead.
The visitors then plated three runs in the fifth frame as Lady Bulldog winning pitcher Livia Ramirez smacked a two-run double.
Elida tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh inning to provide the final margin.
The Bluffton track and field teams competed at the Liberty-Benton Relays meet this past Friday in Findlay.
Eastwood swept the boys and girls team titles. The Bluffton boys came in sixth out of eight teams, while the Pirate girls finished eighth.
Pirate Aaron Tabler won the individual shot put event. Wyatt Lovell took second in the high jump. Allison Diller also finished second in the pole vault.
The Village of Bluffton and Bluffton Exempted Village School District have announced that they will be closed on Friday, April 8 for the funeral of Bluffton Police Officer Dominic Francis.
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2021, a public auction will take place at 10250 Hillville Rd. Bluffton, OH.
Owner is Leiber Trust, Angela Palte, trustee. The auction will include furniture and household goods, as well as a pickup truck, automobile, boat, log splitter and hunting ammo.
