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By Cort Reynolds

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.

Funeral service and obituary

UPDATED 2:15 P.M.

The Bluffton Police Department has announced funeral arrangements for Officer Dominic Francis, who was killed in the line of duty on March 31, 2022.

FUNERAL SERVICE

11 a.m. Friday, April 8, 2022 at the Bluffton University Sommer Center, 1 University Drive, Bluffton, Ohio, 45817

By Cort Reynolds

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.

 

Top Pirate finishers:

Boys Discus Throw Relay

1st Tabler, Aaron                133-7 

 

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.

Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snyder Rd., is taking registrations for summer day camp at https://bfronline.com/register/

The opportunity is described as "a full day experience, designed with a wide range of activities guaranteed to expand your child’s horizons. Kids have fun while making new friends, developing new skills, learning core values, building self-confidence and growing in self-reliance.

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