David and Lenore Reiter were named the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association volunteers of the year, according to Tonya Meyers, director. The announcement was made at the December meeting of the association's members.
David drove the bus for the Golden Swingers Band for many years and Lenore was a band member. Lenore was on the kitchen committee for fundraisers and Dave would assist in the kitchen during these events.
You grew up in CG, right? Or technically, you were a "country kid". Did you always live on the family farm where your parents live now?
Technically, I am from just outside of Rimer. My parents live on the family farm that has been passed down for generations since the 1870~Ac^a'not^a"cs. For a short time we moved to ~Ac^a'notA"town~Ac^a'not^A
What are your graduation years?
BHS 2001; Ohio University 2004; Kent State, MA in Literature and Writing, 2009. Now I'm in my first year as a Rhetoric and Composition PhD student in the Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice program at Kent State. I take classes and teach freshman writing.
Let's start at the beginning. Who did you sit beside in the first grade?
Leslie Wise.
What was your favorite thing about about grade school?
Probably art class with Mrs. Reineke.
Ben Luginbuhl, always man-about-town in Bluffton, now of Portland, Ore., gets at the wheel of his parent's 1994 Dodge Caravan with 198,500 miles logged on it. There was a half tank of gas, peanuts on the floor mat and two cups of Common Grounds coffee to go in the cup holders.
He's in town for a few days and wants to get caught up on the slander and libel of the place. I want to cruise in the Caravan. It's an even trade.
He asks me if I've ever bagged it. I say, "No. What is it."
When did you move to Bluffton? Was that difficult for you or were you so young you don't remember much about that?
I moved to Bluffton around age 4 from Columbus and then Ada within a year. From what I remember it was exciting, especially the whole living on a farm thing.
When did you graduate from high school?
I graduated from high school in 2008.
Who was your favorite teacher? Why? Favorite course in high school? What activities were you involved in during middle and high school?
