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By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Village of Bluffton has provided utility customers (water, sewer, garbage and recycling) with a form in their November bill mailer for updating contact information.

"To provide optimal service to our customers, the Bluffton Utility departmen tis requesting an update of you contact information. This is necessary to provide timely communication for important matters such as sater leaks, payment questions, income tax questions, returned mail and others." ▶︎

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Dorothy P. Moser, 99, of Pandora, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2024 at Maple Crest Senior Living, Bluffton.

She was born on February 19, 1923 in Pandora to the late Philemon and Elizabeth (Basinger) Huser. Her husband, James Moser died on October 25, 2010. They were married on her parent’s 42nd wedding anniversary, on June 29, 1947 in a triple wedding ceremony, with her sisters, Mary Jane (Frances) Greutman and Joan (Don) Etter.

During World War II, Dorothy worked at Triplett Corporation, Bluffton. Later, she and her husband operated Moser Electric in Pandora.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. ▶︎

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