The Shawnee Township Police and Fire Departments, in partnership with Apollo Career Center and Allen County EMA, will conduct a multi-agency, full-scale active shooter training drill on Monday, November 25, beginning at 12:00 p.m.
This drill will be for staff only. The high school is not in session, and there will be no high school students on campus.
Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation and Food Pantry invites you to Adopt-a-Family for Christmas. Everyone who is being adopted lives within the Bluffton school district.
Donations need to be brought to the Food Pantry at St. John's UCC, 223 W College Ave, between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 21.
Following their November 15 win vs. Ottawa Hills (pictured here), the #2 Bluffton Pirates (12-1) will play #4 Hamler Patrick Henry (11-2) at Findlay Donnell Stadium in Region 22 OHSAA football playoffs. Tickets for the November 22 game are available beginning Monday at www.ohsaa.org/tickets/ PHOTO by Marvin Foster.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary (1849-2024) this year.
By Diane Winebar Have you noticed the cornerstone to the left of the front steps of the Presbyterian church building? What happened to the name "The Brice Presbyterian Church"? In 1887, fundraising efforts to construct the present church building were falling short. The wife of one of the church’s early supply pastors, the Rev. W. K. Brice, assured the congregation that her son, soon-to-be U.S. senator Calvin S. Brice, would fund the completion as a memorial to his late father. With a large donation expected, the church ordered and laid a cornerstone engraved with the Brice name. But it turns out that all the Brice money that is in this building is the $10.00 Mrs. Brice herself contributed. ▶︎
By Cort Reynolds The Bluffton High School football team will meet Patrick Henry in the Div. VI, Region 22 finals Friday, November 22 at 7 p.m. at a site to be announced. The potent Patriots have outscored their opposition 437-83 (33.6 ppg-6.4 ppg) this season over 13 games so far. Bluffton has outscored its opposition by a 541-129 margin over 13 games this season (41.6 ppg to 9.9 ppg). The PH defense has posted four shutouts, and has allowed seven points or less in five other games. They pounded Evergreen 35-4 in round one, then blanked Carey 24-0 in round two. The Pats then upset H-L in round three. Like Bluffton, they defeated the same opponent in the regional semifinals in 2023 and 2024. One of the two Patriot losses was a 27-13 defeat at 13-0 Columbus Grove in week three. The other defeat came at home to unbeaten Liberty Center by a 21-15 count in week seven. ▶︎
