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Pirate volleyball falls to Shawnee

Posted by Staff on August 20, 2024 - 7:47am

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Bluffton volleyball team lost to Shawnee in four tough sets Monday, August 19.

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August Discovery Days are this Friday-Saturday

Posted by Paula Scott on August 20, 2024 - 7:38am

Eighteen businesses are particpating in this weekend's Discovery Days promotion in Bluffton. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating prize drawings for up to $100 in Bluffton Bucks. Get a ticket when you stop in one of the businesses above, get additional tickets for each $10 spent, up to $100.

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Quellhorst is university's Interim Head Golf Coach

Posted by Paula Scott on August 20, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton University has named Clay Quellhorst '23 as Interim Head Golf Coach.

Quellhorst is a 2023 graduate of Bluffton University. He has been serving as the graduate assistant, while earning his MBA from Bluffton, for the program for the past year. Last season, Quellhorst helped lead the women's team to a fourth-place finish and the men's team to a fifth-place finish at the HCAC tournament. Quellhorst was a member of the men's golf team for four years.

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June 23, 1947: The day Bluffton Presbyterian Church appeared on the NYT front page

Posted by Staff on August 19, 2024 - 7:44am

Headline: Ohio Church Has $2,000 Grow Into $10,000 By Following Parable of the Talents

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Bluffton Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2024. Located at Cherry and Main streets and providing what is effectively the village’s town square, the church is a prominent landmark and institution in Bluffton.

It’s still a bit of a surprise to learn that the church once graced the front page of the New York Times, a publication that currently has over 10 million subscribers.

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Historical Bluffton
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Statewide campaign encourages Ohioans to serve as volunteer firefighters

Posted by Staff on August 19, 2024 - 6:00am

Visit www.MakeMeAFirefighter.org

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joined Ohio Department of Commerce Director Sherry Maxfield and State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon on Aug. 16 to announce a Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to raise awareness for Ohio's need for volunteer firefighters.

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Regional news
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Jolene D. Oxender was a medical technologist

Posted by Staff on August 19, 2024 - 6:00am

Jolene D. Oxender, 69, passed away August 18, 2024 at the Meadows of Ottawa.  Jolene was born June 30, 1955 in Millersburg, Ohio to Dennis and Mary Grace (Conkle) Miller.  On August 14, 1976 she married Denny Oxender and he survives.  

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Obituaries
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