Pirates ran out to a 47-18 halftime bulge and cruised to victory
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2019 - 3:39pm
By Cort Reynolds
FT. JENNINGS - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team built a big early lead and easily beat winless Fort Jennings 63-44 in a non-league game this past Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Pirates ran out to a 47-18 halftime bulge and cruised to victory.
The Pirate girls improved to 2-1 with the blowout victory, while FJ fell to 0-4 with the defeat.
The victors ran out to a 23-12 lead after one period. Bluffton then put the game away with a season-best 24-point second stanza while limiting FJ to just six points.
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2019 - 3:35pm
Kevin Gratz joined a fabled list of Bluffton Blaze of Lights town criers. He announced the Blaze parade, provided information about the event the the staging area, read the Christmas story from Luke 2, and helped see that the Ream Holiday Folk Art display lights were turned on for 2019. Previous town criers include John George and Nelson Steiner.
Bluffton's schedules posted for basketball and wrestling
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2019 - 3:21pm
If you enjoyed watching the Bluffton High fall varsity sports teams you'll need to switch gears as winter sports are here.
The Icon can help you. Attached below this story are provided schedules for the following winter Pirate teams:
• Boys' varsity and JV basketball
• Girls' varsity and JV basketball
• Varsity wrestling
• Freshman boys' basketball
• Junior high boys' basketball
• Junioe high girls' basketball
• Middle school wrestling
Allowing greater number of residents to have private accommodations
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2019 - 3:08pm
As a result of recommendations from a recent market study, the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Board of Directors has decided to convert a portion its semi-private rooms to private rooms at two of its Skilled Nursing Facilities – Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton and Hilty Home in Pandora.
In all, 20 semi-private rooms across MHCO campuses were converted to private rooms effective Dec. 1, allowing a greater number of residents to enjoy private accommodations.
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2019 - 1:12pm
Do you know where this building stands today? It was originally Bluffton's Ex-Cell-O plant. There, its employees produced machines that created paper milk cartons.
Today it is Diamond Manufacturing and it stands at the corner of Jefferson Street and the County Line Road.
Leland Gerber, Bluffton photographer took this photo in 1956 when the plant was constructed. Several things to notice:
Several committee meetings are on the Bluffton council schedule this month. These follow:
Finance Committee - Wednesday, Dec. 4 at noon
Council Meeting – Monday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.