Bluffton Exempted Village Schools announced its 2011-2012 program year policy for free and reduced-price meals for students unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch.
Each school office and the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.
The Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines will be used for determining eligibility. Children from families whose annual income is at or below the Federal Guidelines are eligible for free and reduced price meals.
Hey, baby, it's cold outside! Wish we could say that. The low temperature of the past seven days actually hit 65. Here's the seven-day weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Jerry Suter of Suter's Produce, Pandora, tells a joke to his summer employees prior to delivery of the morning picking of sweet corn to the Suter Produce stands. Click for video.
Bluffton University's 14th annual alumni and friends golf scramble on July 16 raised more than $8,000 for university athletics through TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Bluffton.
Harrod's Colonial Golfers Club hosted the event, which drew 122 golfers from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Florida.
The winners of the scramble received monetary prizes. Richard Bindernagel '79 of Middlebury Heights, OH teamed with Dennis Thompson '78 (Elida, Ohio), James Frisk '78 (Wooster, Ohio) and Jeffrey Deyling '78 (Parma, Ohio) all took home first-place honors.
Larry Ned Althaus, 72, of Bluffton died at 5:40 p.m. July 20, 2011 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. He was born Dec. 7, 1938 in Bluffton to Henry and Gertrude Diller Althaus. On Dec. 13, 1958 he married Patricia Drury and she survives.