He showed how students learn fundamental aspects of marine science as well as discover what they can do to improve the health of our oceans

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Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) breakfast meetings resumed on Sept. 14, with a presentation by Bluffton High School biology teacher Scott Hoff on the Ocean Focus class and field experience in the Florida Keys.

Hoff showed how students learn fundamental aspects of marine science as well as discover what they can do to improve the health of our oceans.

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Local artist Oscar Velasquez is exhibiting several of his paintings at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, through September.  Most people know Velasquez, a Pandora native, as a painter of large murals on area buildings. 

His works at MMH include landscapes, flowers and scenes familiar to the region.  The exhibit is located on the third floor, near the Chapel. Paintings attached are titled “Lake View” and “Three Peasant Girls.”

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Here are 4-H Club results from the Allen County Fair from the Bluffton Boys and Girls Club and the Cloverbud Club:

Bluffton Boys and Girls 4-H
Brooklyn Nance- President, Everyday Food & Fitness, A
Scrapbooking Jr., A

Brooklynn Bible- Vice President, Sundress & Jumpers, A,
First Place, County Plaque Winner, Ohio
State Fair Participant
Scrapbooking Jr., A

Tanner Bott- Treasurer, Making The Cut Jr., A, Ohio State
Fair Participant

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Bluffton High School Class of 1983 and 1982 will hold a combined 35-year class reunion on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Bluffton Golf Club.

The evening will start with a tour of Bluffton High School (Jackson Street entrance) at 7 p.m. followed by hors d'oeuvres and drinks at the Golf Club.

Please RSVP Julie Oberly (class of 1983) at [email protected] or John Cramer (class of 1982) at [email protected]  by Friday, Sept. 21.

Part of Red Cross response to Hurricane Florence

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American Red Cross volunteer Steve Mahler of Rawson is being deployed to Durham, N.C., as part of the Red Cross response to Hurricane Florence.  Mahler will be serving with the Disaster Assessment team.

This is his third recent deployment.  In July, Steve deployed to Des Moines, Iowa, serving as a Recovery specialist following flooding in the city.   He then deployed to Marshalltown, Iowa, after a tornado struck the community as part of the Disaster Assessment team.

Mahler will be leaving from Toledo Express Airport early Sept. 13 for a two week deployment.

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The Bluffton High School class of 1968 held its 50th reunion on Sept. 8 in the Bluffton town hall. Joining the class was Gary Brown, teacher.

Front, bottom to top, Jim Henry, Carol Koontz Heath, Mona Reichenbach, Beth Dailey Diamond, Jane Welker Amstutz, Joyce Reichenbach Beery, Cheryl Ingalls McFadden, Lynda Mericle Brown, Doris Hamman Schumacher.

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