Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket
January 2012
Jan. 2
-A Jackson St. resident reported that an unknown person had stolen a trailer from her residence.
-Officers responded to a non-injury traffic crash at the intersection of S.R. 103 and County Line Rd. Todd Marshall, 40, Bluffton was cited for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device and that case is pending in Bluffton Mayor's Court.
-Police responded to a hit-skip traffic crash in the parking lot of a S.R. 103 business. Jan. 5
It's a certain sign of spring - grinding at the Spring Street recycling center is planned for later this month. According to Jamie Mehaffie, Bluffton village administrator, double-grinding of material at the dump will start on Feb. 20. He said that the grinding should take about 35 hours to complete.
Mehaffie also reported that so far this winter the village has purchased 67 tons of salt and 200 tons are in reserve.
Four senior girls have been recognized by Bluffton High School as students of the month for October, November, December and January.
October
Jenna Buroker is October's student of the month. She is a member of Art Club, Show Choir, National Honor Society, Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Committee and Bible study. She has participated in volleyball at BHS. She maintains a 3.935 grade point average.
Fred Rodabaugh talks with Phil Zimmerly, Dan Klear and Linda DeArment following Friday's chamber breakfast. Rodabaugh, former Bluffton mayor, provided a nearly 100-year look back on developments in Bluffton.
If you are an older Bluffton Baby Boomer this fisherman probably checked your eyes at some point in your life.
This is a photo of Dr. Gordon Bixel, O.D., with what appears to be his cath of the day - a northern pike? No this was not the tagged fish of the 1921 trout derby. But it's possible that the photo was taken around 1921.
If you've had your eyes checked by Dr. Bixel, you may comment on this photo. Dr. Alan Yoder assumed Dr. Bixel's practice on Main Street upon Dr. Bixel's retirement.
Dr. Shelly Weaverdyck is a believer in her work as a teacher, researcher and consultant.
"The brain is where it's at," she said Feb. 7 at Bluffton University, her alma mater. "It's the frontier."
Now the director of the Alzheimer's Education and Research Program at Eastern Michigan University, Weaverdyck addressed "When the Brain Goes Awry: Effects of Brain Quirks and Disorders on Thinking and Doing" in her Bluffton Forum talk.
