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Public meeting: Joint Personnel Committee & Finance Committee, Feb 24

Posted by Staff on February 21, 2023 - 6:00am

The Village of Bluffton has announced the following public meeting:

Joint Personnel Committee & Finance Committee
Friday, February 24
11:30 a.m.

 The meeting will be at the Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main.

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Public Meetings
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Jane Lee (Kinn) Bell was a Bluffton dispatcher

Posted by Staff on February 20, 2023 - 1:10pm

FINDLAY–Jane Lee (Kinn) Bell, 64, Findlay, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2023, at her home.

Jane, known as “Janie” by her family, was born on June 2, 1958, at Fostoria Hospital to the late James and Mary (Holman) Kinn, Sr. She married Brent Edward Bell on May 4, 1979, and he survives.

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Obituaries
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Presidents' Day, Monday, February 20

Posted by Paula Scott on February 19, 2023 - 6:00am

Along with many financial institutions and government offices, as well as some schools, the office of the Bluffton Icon and the Ada Icon will be closed on Monday, February 20 in observance of Presidents' Day.

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Four BHS swimmers qualify for State competition

Posted by Staff on February 19, 2023 - 6:00am

The Bluffton HIgh School boys and girls swimming team competed on Friday, February 17, 2023 in the North West D-2 District meet at Bowling Green State University. Bluffton joined teams from 74 high schools in the region. At Districts, the girls team finished 15 overall out of 39 teams and the boys team finished 10 overall out of 35 teams. 

The North West D-2 District meet included swimmers with the top 32 fastest times across six sectional sites. The fastest times across all four Districts will move on to the state D-2 competition which will be held February 23-24 at Canton McKinley High School in North Canton, Ohio.

The D-2 State meet will include BHS swimmers in the following events:

Boys 50 Freestyle
Jackson Bowlus, qualifying with a time of :22:54 and seeded 30

Boys 100 Backstroke
Jackson Bowlus, qualifying with a time of :55.17 and seeded 31

Boys 100 Breaststroke
Riley Verb, qualifying with a time of 1:01.24 and seeded 27

Boys 200 Individual Medley
Riley Verb, qualifying with a time of 1:58:84 and seeded 18

Boys 200 Medley Relay
Qualifying with a time of 1:40.59 and seeded 12
Jackson Bowlus, Riley Verb, Xavier Diller and Charles Wright

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Sports
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Bluffton drinks coffee here today

Posted by Staff on February 19, 2023 - 6:00am

125 years ago this building housed four businesses

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Next time you have a cup of coffee in the Twisted Whisk Cafe, 101 S. Main St., imagine being in that building 125 years earlier. What would it be like?

In 1898, you wouldn’t have a cup of coffee in your hand. 

Instead, you might be talking with Andrews Hauenstein, who had the building constructed for his apothecary business. That’s an older word for a pharmacy. 

Or, you might be looking at possible wallpaper to purchase for your house.

Or, you might be looking at a musical instrument to purchase.

Or, you might be having a pocket watch repaired. 

If you had a reason to go to the second floor, you’d step into a room housing Bluffton’s first-ever telephone exchange.

At the turn of this earlier century, the Twisted Whisk was home to three separate businesses on the first floor and a fourth business on part of the second floor. These were a pharmacy, a wallpaper shop, a jewelry-musical instrument store and a telephone exchange.

Accompanying this story is a photograph of the building when it housed these businesses. Several things have changed since this photo was taken. But, the businesses occupying the building in 1898 are obvious.

First, the doorway is no longer in the center. It’s on the far right.

For the complete story visit Bluffton Forever HERE

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Historical Bluffton
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Delaney Ann Miller was a Registered Nurse

Posted by Staff on February 18, 2023 - 6:34pm

Delaney Ann Miller was born on November 15, 1984, in Bluffton to Mark D. and Cheryl "Sherry" Ann Miller. She graduated from Bluffton High School and Owens Community College, Toledo. The Lord called her home the morning of February 16, 2023.

Delaney was a Registered Nurse employed at Van Wert Hospital and previously at St. Rita's Medical Center and Blanchard Valley Hospital. She was passionate about quality care for her patients. She was highly skilled in the area of Cardiac Critical Care. 

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Obituaries
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