The late John Badertscher is among the new faces on the Oscar Velasquez mural on Main Street. Badertscher was a life-long Bluffton resident and may be remembered best as a custodian at First Mennonite Church and Citizens National Bank.
AEP Ohio has provided the following storm warning information: The combination of an approaching cold front and a very warm, humid unstable air mass is triggering a line of severe thunderstorm to develop over Michigan. At 2pm EDT...radar indicated a line of rapidly developing severe thunderstorms from northwest of Detroit, to just
north of South Bend. This line of storms will move southeast this afternoon and impact northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Wind gusts of 50-60 mph can be expected with the stronger thunderstorms.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association community meals continue in August at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. August's meals are Thursday, Aug. 5, catered by Ebenezer Mennonite Church, and Thursday, Aug. 19, catered by Emmanuel United Church of Christ.
The meals are free and open to the public and begin at 6 p.m. Donations are accepted. Those donations support the Bluffton Food Pantry.
