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August 1947: A sound foreign to Bluffton’s ears

The first-ever diesel locomotive passed through town on a test run

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Remember seeing your first-ever electric-driven vehicle in Bluffton? Compare that to the following image: It passed through Bluffton in an unusual color scheme (reddish-orange) blasting a very foreign sound (a “hoarse” whistle).

Jack L. Steiner worked for the Lima Ford Engine Plant

UPDATED September 9, 2023.

BEAVERDAM--Jack L. Steiner, 76, passed away September 7, 2023 at his residence.  Jack was born November 22, 1946 in Bluffton to the late Harold and Lucille (Shafer) Steiner.  On April 21, 1979 he married Angela Hartman Steiner and she survives.

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Judge Rodabaugh to speak on Constitutional limits

  • 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 19

Judge David A. Rodabaugh, Lima Municipal Court, will present the Forum “Constitutional Limits on State and Federal Governments Regarding the Rights of Private Citizens,” at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

During this Forum, Rodabaugh will examine recent Supreme Court decisions concerning federal and state restrictions of free speech, property rights and religious liberty.

This presentation also serves as Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions which receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.

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September 23 is 19th edition of Bluffton Fall Festival

The Bluffton community’s 18th annual Fall Festival, with many family-oriented activities, takes place throughout the community on Saturday, September 23, with most activities occurring between 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. 

Locations include the downtown Bluffton, Maple Crest, the Schumacher Homestead  (Swiss Community Historical Society), Bluffton Hospital, NWO Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, the Farmers' Market next to Citizen’s National Bank, the gazebo at Bluffton Presbyterian Church and Bluffton Cars & Coffee at Masterpiece Signs.

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September 5 field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife 

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 
Newcomers to Lake Erie walleye fishing from southern Ohio were contacted by State Wildlife Officer Brian Baker, assigned to Lake Erie, at the Huron boat ramp. The group was checked for license and bag limit compliance and found to have caught three walleye on a day when most anglers returned with their limit of six. Officer Baker shared locations and depths where fish were being caught with the anglers and provided data from the Precision Trolling App so the crankbaits the anglers were using would reach the depths where most walleye were being caught. The anglers were grateful for the officer’s help and were excited to get back on the water to put the information to use.

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Bowling Green Post investigating I-75 injury crash involving school bus

Six students on Arlington Local School District bus transported to hospital

NORTH BALTIMORE–The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is  investigating a two-vehicle injury crash that occurred Sept. 7, at 9:15 p.m. on southbound Interstate 75 near Eagleville Road in Wood County. 

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