Retired Bluffton police chief, Rick Skilliter, became executive director of PASS (Prevention Awareness Support Services), a non-profit organization serving Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties. The appointment was made on July 1.
PASS serves area communities through the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties.
PASS is expanding its footprint in Ohio as a certified prevention agency. According to a PASS news release, the addition of Skilliter allows for continuity of programming during that expansion.
Bluffton artist Judith Greavu was recently featured in a Facebook post from Jane's Art Gallery in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She is also featured on the Center’s website.
The gallery is an eclectic fine art exhibition space featuring art from American and European artists.
Here’s a compilation of photos and comments from Greavu from the Center’s website.
Bluffton resident Geneva (Stamm) Shetler celebrated her 100th birthday on July 8 with a family celebration.
A retired Bluffton elementary teacher, she taught third grade for several years in the 1970s.
Geneva was born on a farm near Archbold and graduated from Archbold High School in 1936. She attended Goshen College, Indiana, where she met her husband-to-be, Luther Shetler. They were married in 1940.
The couple was married 78 years. Luther died July 1, 2017.
The Shetlers moved to Bluffton in 1950, where Luther began teaching at Bluffton College.
This year's members of the Bluffton Cattle Club include Grace Meyers, Claire Armentrout, Brittany Goodman, Sophie Zeller, Landon Sehlhorst, Hudson Phillips, Greta Meyers, KJ Hohenbrink, Branson Hilty, Seth Gladwell, Zoe Zeller, Klaria Hohenbrink, Elizabeth Phillips, Courtney Goodman, Nathan Speicher, Evan Speicher, Riley Herrimann, and Xavier Narrarro.
Vicki Mills directs the Noteworthy Community Choir during the intermission of the patrotic pops concert at ONU on Saturday. Additional photos are in this series. Mills conducts the first-ever Summer Sounds Choral Camp, July 15-19, at ONU.
