Douglas Earl Antibus, 41, of Cincinnati and formerly of Bluffton passed away November 20, 2024 at his residence. Douglas was born August 29, 1983 in Missoula, Montana to Robert and Joanne (Vinopal) Antibus.
The Bluffton Exempted Village School District is currently accepting applications from students interested in attending the school district through open enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year.
Students from any school district in Ohio may apply and enroll in Bluffton Schools tuition free. Students are admitted on a full-time basis only.
Applications are approved annually on a first come, first served basis and approval is subject to grade level enrollment and educational programs.
Anyone interested in a personal tour, a time can be scheduled that is convenient for you and your family including evenings or weekends. Please call the superintendent’s office at 419-358-5901 to schedule a tour or receive an application. In addition, you may obtain an application by visiting the Bluffton Schools website at www.blufftonschools.org/ under the forms link.
The Bluffton School Board will meet at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14 for a re-organizational and regular meeting.
The meeting agenda is HERE.
The board, which is made up of Alice Basinger, Brad Dailey, Roni Kaufman, Wes Klinger and Jeremy Scoles, will elect officers and establish a calendar, among other re-organizational items.
During the regular meeting, the board invites the involvement of visitors and will be asked to approve agreements with:
- Ohio Department of Administrative Cooperative Purchase Program
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio has kicked off the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season, "a time when Girl Scouts everywhere build their entrepreneurial skills as they find new and inventive ways to sell cookies, unboxing brighter futures for themselves."
Girl Scout Cookie season runs through March 16. Watch for girls taking orders this month, and visit gswo.org/findcookies/ to sign up for notifications. Cookie booths begin February 14.
At 6:00 p.m. on January 23 Ron Headings will do a demonstration at Ten Thousand Villages of Bluffton on how he twists wire into roots and branches and attaches it to a base material to make a tree sculpture.
Headings started making wire trees as a teenager in Kansas, inspired by his love of horticulture and the coaching of a local county extension agent. “These trees are like people, the forest like humanity,” writes Ron. “They come in an infinite number of colors, shapes, and sizes, each one beautiful in its own way. The trees, like people, are shaped by their genetic structure and by the environment in which they live.”
Headings’ wire trees will also be on display at Ten Thousand Villages until January 31. Headings' business gives back to a cause that he cares about. For every tree sold, he donates money to plant a real tree somewhere in the world.
Effective January 20, Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, will relocate its EasternWoods Women’s Health office to 1917 South Main Street in Findlay.
The following providers associated with the move include Lorie Thomas-Schultz, DO, Aubrey Marcum, PA-C, Jodi Bollenbacher, PA-C, and Sarah Weihrauch, PA-C. The practice phone number will remain 419-425-8131.
