Several ODOT road work projects will affect local traffic patterns soon.
Interstate 75 between state Route 235 and the Allen County line will be restricted to one lane in both directions through the work zone for pavement repairs.
The following one-day ramp closure will be associated with the project. Work is being performed by the ODOT Hancock County maintenance garage.
Entrance ramp from state Route 103 to Interstate 75 southbound, Bluffton, will be closed during daytime hours Friday, May 31, for pavement repairs.
By James Davidson, MD Blanchard Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
For many people, spring is the beginning of baseball and softball season.
Whether you or your loved one play in an organized sport or an informal club, it is important to be mindful of the effects these sports can have on the body. Specifically, sore arms are a common health-related issue baseball and softball players face, especially pitchers.
Throughout the season, players’ throwing arms are placed under a large amount of stress, which causes soreness to occur.
Later today, Saturday, May 25, Bluffton High School (BHS) will hold its 138th commencement. There are 9 valedictorians and 1 salutorian in the graduating class of 2019.
Here's the historic list of valedictorians and salutorians of BHS from present day to the original class of 1881. Please note, this list is not comprehensive.
Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon.
Jean Delores Braden, 85, of Bluffton and formerly of Port Clinton, Ohio, died May 23, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. Jean was born Jan. 1, 1934, in Suffern, New York, to the late Robert Thomas and Della Margaret (Wannemacher) Hearn. On Sept. 28, 1952 she married Robert Braden who survives.
Jean graduated from Spring Valley High School in Spring Valley, New York. She was a homemaker. Jean was a member of Saddle River Reformed Church in Saddle River, New Jersey and attended Faith Christian Church in Lima.
• Junior high "Superior"
• Fifth-sixth grade "Excellent"
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The Bluffton Junior High string orchestra earned a ‘Superior’ rating and the Bluffton fith-sixth grade string orchestra earned an ‘Excellent’ rating at Ohio Music Education Associate large group adjudicated event held at Parkway HS last week.
The junior high orchestra performed in class “A” with “An English Folksong” arranged by Terry McQuilkin, “Lullaby to the Moon” by Brian Balmages and “The Lumber Camp Song” arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle.
