Begg wins in Bluffton, Richland, Beaverdam
Although Greg Sneary won the Republican Allen County commissioner race 6,114 to 5,977, Jay Begg won in Bluffton, Richland Township and Beaverdam. The GOP race by precincts follows:
Precinct Begg Sneary
Beaverdam 24 22
Bluffton
A 40 24
B 50 32
C 64 51
D 35 29
E 74 54
Richland
A 107 95
B 129 71
To market, to market, to buy a...there are no pigs at the Bluffton Farmer's Market. But there are plenty of other things to eat and to plant. This view of the first market of the season on May 1 is from the Backyard Perennials and More booth operated by Cindy Basinger. The market is open each Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Citizens National Bank parking lot.
Voters in the Bluffton school district approved the renewal of an income tax levy for the schools on May 4. The renewal passed in the following totals:
FOR THE LEVY 977
AGAINST THE LEVY 479
Two 2010 Bluffton University graduates, Kristen Shelly and Devon Matthews, will be married on May 29.
Kristen is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Shelly of Penfield, N.Y. She is a 2006 graduate of Penfield High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.
Devon is the son of Lawrence and Louise Matthews of Bluffton. He is a 2006 graduate of Bluffton High School and 2010 graduate of Bluffton University.
An outdoor ceremony is planned Saturday afternoon, May 29, at Webster Park, Rochester, N.Y.
Brandon Herr and Brock Miller, who completed their Bluffton University football careers last fall, have been named to the 2010 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
The honor society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a grade point average of 3.2 or better during their undergraduate study.
