The Bluffton University women's basketball team battled to the end, but #6 seed Anderson University won the rubber match 68-63 in the HCAC semi-final in Lexington, KY, on February 25.
Anderson advanced to the Heartland Conference finals where they were defeated by #2-ranked tournament host Transylvania on February 26. Bluffton saw its exceptional season come to a close with a 19-7 mark.
Especially after dark, the entrance to Bluffton Elementary School is hard to miss. On Monday, February 28, that's where you'll find the Board of Education meeting.
The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools district has issued an agenda for the regular meeting of the Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. on Feb 28, 2022. The meeting will be held in the Elementary Media Center, 102 S. Jackson St.
The agenda includes the following highlighted items. A complete agenda is attached below.
Appropriation Modification: Establishing Funds & Fund Adjustments:
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will observe the Lenten season with a special mid-week service each week until Holy Week, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2.
The theme is "The Crucial Hours" and studies phrases and moments from Jesus' suffering, death and victory that demonstrate the completeness of His saving work and the depth of His love for us.
2022 Co-Putnam County League boys basketball champs Pandora-Gilboa and Ottoville squared off in the Van Wert Sectional Final match-up on Friday, February 25 in familiar style. For three quarters, the teams went back-and-forth, never leading by more than six points with stellar defense on both sides. The Rockets led 26-24 at the end of the third quarter and were ahead 28-24 early in the fourth. Ottoville responded, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to regain the lead, and closed game with a 20-3 run and avenging their regular season loss to the Rockets. P-G bowed out of the tournament, losing 44-31.
This is the first in a series of “Famous from Bluffton” features from www.blufftonforever.com.
Samuel S. Yoder’s name does not register in the minds of many, if any, Bluffton residents today.
However, this one-time Bluffton mayor, former business owner and Civil War veteran, once served Ohio’s 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
