Bluffton entrepreneur Holly Craycraft recently opened a brick and mortar shop for hand + home at 622 S Main St, Findlay. The Icon asked her a few questions about how this new phase of her goat milk soap and lotion business came to be.
Tell us about yourself and hand + home co.
Hi! I am Holly Craycraft, and I own hand + home co. I live in Bluffton, where I have a small herd of dairy goats that I raise and milk to make goat’s milk soaps and lotions. I just opened a brick and mortar shop in downtown Findlay that expands upon my farm business.
COLUMBUS–At the Ohio Middle Level Association annual state conference, held in Columbus November 10-11, 2022, head cook Rosanne Garmatter and the 8th grade team at Bluffton Middle School received special recognition.
Garmatter, who is the head cook at Bluffton Middle School and Bluffton High School, won a Northwest Ohio Regional Award.
The Bluffton High School wrestling team hosted a three-team match Tuesday night, December 6, to kick off their 2022-23 season.
The Pirates lost a nailbiter tie-break to Lima Senior 31-30, and defeated Carey 48-33.
Wyatt Knauss won two matches at 113 lbs. by pin and forfeit. Micah Rehm also collected a pin and a forfeit win at 132 lbs. Evan Grothause earned a pin vs. Carey and had a forfeit at 157 lbs. vs. the Spartans. Jett Blackburn won a 12-5 decision at 138 lbs. vs. Carey.
Bluffton High School senior Landon Armstrong recently signed a letter of intent to run track and field and cross country at the University of Findlay.
Landon is the son of Natalie and Andy Armstrong.
Landon is a two-time state placer in cross country, finishing 15th in 2021 and third in 2022. He is the BHS record-holder in cross country with a time of 15:34.0.
As a sophomore Landon finished eighth in the 4x800 relay, and 10th in the 800.
The November student of the month at Bluffton High School is Jonah Rehm, a senior with a 3.849 GPA. Jonah is the son of Brad and Jamie Rehm of Jenera.
Rehm is in the band including concert, jazz, marching and pep band, and was elected President of the band. He also is in the high school orchestra. Jonah is a member of the National Honor Society, the Academic team and is on the Varsity cross country team. This past summer, Jonah was a participant at Buckeye Boys State representing Bluffton High School.
Serendipity brought civil engineering student Vini Vieira de Souza from Brazil to Northwest Ohio, where at every turn he’s encountered people with an Ohio Northern University connection who are as committed to helping him succeed as he is to succeeding.
This summer, his journey brought him to Wessler Engineering in Bluffton, Ohio where three ONU alums are showing him that relationship-building — that distinctive ONU attribute — is an excellent foundation not just for college, but for life
