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Bluffton Ohio Historical Society meets May 10

The May monthly meeting of the newly named Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be Wednesday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. on the third floor of Bluffton City Hall. 

The meeting will include officer and sub-committee reports and a review of the Allen County Museum in Lima. 

Aaron Rule will present a program, "Bluffton Antiques and Artifacts" where he will show parts of his personal collection.

Cory-Rawson schools host seniors and alumnus Doug Kose at April events

On April 28, 120 senior citizens and grandparents from the Cory-Rawson Local School district attended its first Senior Citizen & Grandparent Breakfast. Student-leaders welcomed guests and served breakfast, while kindergarten through fourth grade students sang with the CRHS Jazz Band.  Following breakfast and the performances, grandparents and their grandchildren participated in a variety of activities. Grandparents of fifth graders brought family treasures and shared them as part of their classroom "Antiques Roadshow." 

The following day, Cory-Rawson welcomed back 1994 Alumni Doug Kose to kick off the 3rd Annual Cory-Rawson Community Day as the Keynote speaker. Kose spoke to our 7-12th graders about 'Chasing Your Dream, While Giving Back.'

Kose chased his high school dream of working at a TOP 20 University Athletic Department and served as the Assistant Athletic Directorfor Marketing and Sales at the University of Tennessee.

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May 2023 update from Bluffton Public Library

The Bluffton Public Library is a variety show in May with events and programs of all kinds. Check out some details from the library's May newsletter:

LEGO Library Showcase:  Attention LEGO enthusiasts! The library is honored to be showing local residents’ LEGO sets or their own LEGO creations. The LEGO sets will be on display for the entire month.

Bluffton Public Library will be discontinuing the Beanstack app. If you are currently using Beanstack to log books, please note the site will only be available until the end of the day on May 3, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the library.  Thank you!

Cline named All-HCAC for women's golf

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The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) has announced it women's golf All-Conference team. The team features Beaver sophomore Kiley Cline (Fostoria/St. Wendelin). She becomes the first Bluffton women's golfer in school history to earn all-conference honors.

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Pirate baseball blanked by AE, Kennedy

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Bluffton High School baseball team was shut out 5-0 by Allen East in a Northwest Conference game Thursday evening, May 4.

The game was scoreless through five innings, but AE broke it open with two runs in the top of the sixth. The Mustangs then plated three more scores in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

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Pirate softball run-rules Grove

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton softball team dominated Columbus Grove 20-2 in a Northwest Conference makeup game Wednesday evening.

The Pirate girls improved to 9-9 overall and 4-3 in the NWC with the victory. The Bulldogs fell to 9-8 and 1-5 in NWC play with the loss.

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