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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School golf team split a Northwest Conference tri-match at Colonial Hills Golf Course Wednesday evening, September 14.

League-leading Leipsic won with 172 strokes, followed closely by the Pirates (179) and host Allen East (199).

Bluffton was led by Jaden Coonfare, who shot a 42. Eli Wenger carded a 44, while Evan Speicher registered a 46. Jacob Boisvert contributed a 47 to finish out the Pirate scorers.

Aidan Sponsler and Logan Combs each posted a round of 50.

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

While finding a lead-in, I was looking for idioms related to variations.  I was surprised to see that the bunny hop is considered a variation of the conga.  The bunny hop was demonstrated on television by Ray Anthony in 1952, as well as being on the Disney’s Dance Along in 2013.  

By Andy Chappell-Dick

  • Agreement for full-time police officer in Bluffton Schools
  • Appropriation of easements on SR-103
  • Oct. 19 public forum for strategic planning

With summer's end, the agenda facing Village Council has returned to its normal size. At the Monday, September 12 regular meeting at Bluffton Town Hall, there were six pieces of legislation to consider, five of which were in emergency "hurry up" mode. One prompted a lengthy executive session. Even though all six passed unanimously with little discussion, the meeting lasted nearly
two hours.

By Cort Reynolds

LIMA⎯The visiting Bluffton High School volleyball team swept Lima Central Catholic in a non-league match Tuesday evening, September 12.

The Lady Pirates improved to 7-2 with the 25-12, 25-20, 25-17 triumph. LCC fell to 2-9 with the loss.

Playing at home, the Bluffton High School boys soccer squad shut out Van Buren 3-0 in a non-conference match Tuesday evening.

The Pirates improved to 3-4-1 with their second straight win. The Knights fell to 2-2-2 with the loss.

Nolan Hoffman netted a goal and assisted on the other two scores to 
pace the victors. Hoffman started the scoring with a goal at the 18:40 mark on an assist from Justin Good.

Landon Novak scored to extend the lead to 2-0 on an assist from Hoffman 34:30 into the fray.

By Paula Scott

At the September Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting, director Jim Enneking introduced two new chamber members, Bob Gordon-Hancock and Jenny Frankart.

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