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Apollo Board will honor Brad Fruchey for 15 years of service

Posted by Staff on December 19, 2022 - 7:28am

On Monday, December 19, the Apollo Career Center Board of Education will meet at 7:00 p.m. for a regular meeting.

The agenda includes a resolution honoring Brad Fruchey of Bluffton for 15 years of service.

Under “new and recommended matters” the board will vote on 

Hiring substitute teachers Karen Follrod and Alexis Nagel, supplemental contracts for craft shows to Hailey Diana and Courtney Meyers, and hiring teaching assistant Timothy Alger.

Purchasing a Lucina Patient Simulator, cost $86.8K.

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Public Meetings
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Keep your eye on weekend weather

Posted by Staff on December 19, 2022 - 7:24am

The US National Weather Service Northern Indiana has issued the following information for the period of December 22-24.

Confidence continues to increase on a major winter storm impacting the area later this week in the Thursday to Saturday period.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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BHS swim team competes with 81 schools at NW Ohio Classic

Posted by Staff on December 19, 2022 - 7:00am

11 team records broken; BHS boys finish in top 10

The Bluffton High School swim team competed at the Northwest Ohio Classic Dec. 17, 2022 hosted by Toledo St. Francis De Sales high school. The daylong event began with prelims in Freemont, and 10 of the team’s 16 swimmers qualified for finals that same night at the Bowling Green State University natatorium.  

» CONTINUES with relay team photos »

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Sports
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Denecker named Business Banking Officer for CNB Bluffton

Posted by Staff on December 19, 2022 - 7:00am

Gabe Denecker has been promoted to Business Banking Officer, serving the Bluffton market. Denecker will be working with businesses and farmers, offering commercial and ag loans and lines of credit, as well as aiding with cash management solutions. 

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Business
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K-5th grade Christmas concerts online

Posted by Paula Scott on December 18, 2022 - 8:31am

Elementary Christmas concerts are HERE! Lacking the drama of a gym filled with half of Bluffton but with none of the parking challenges, the 2022 Bluffton Elementary Christmas concerts are now available online by individual classes and are part of the Holiday Showcase by Hometown Stations, NBC Lima and Fox Lima.

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Bluffton, a boom town

Posted by Staff on December 18, 2022 - 7:52am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Bluffton’s golden age may well have been the decade of the 1890s. You might call Bluffton a boom town during this decade.  

Consider:

• Oil and natural gas was discovered in Findlay 10 years earlier

• Town hall built in 1887

• Water plant in service in 1896

• Telephone arrived in 1898

• Central Mennonite College opened in 1889

• Population in 1900 was 1,783; 50 years earlier the town has 12 families

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Historical Bluffton
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