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BHS football clawed by Wildcats

Posted by Staff on October 16, 2022 - 9:03am

By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS--The Bluffton High School football team grabbed an early lead but lost to rival Delphos Jefferson 27-7 in a Northwest Conference competition on October 14.

The loss put Pirate playoff status in jeopardy and also ended any chance of sharing the conference crown. 

Bluffton fell to 5-4 overall and 4-2 in the league with the costly defeat. They will need a week 10 upset over visiting Columbus Grove to tie for second place in the NWC, and likely need that victory just to make the playoffs.

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Armstrong wins individual title at NWC CC title meet

Posted by Staff on October 16, 2022 - 7:56am

Pirate boys place 3rd; Essinger is 2nd in girls race

By Cort Reynolds

Bluffton High School senior Landon Armstrong won the 59-runner male race to lead the Pirate boys cross country team to third at the six-team Northwest Conference title meet Saturday morning at Columbus Grove on October 15.

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What became of "the most remarkable of all mounds in Ohio?"

Posted by Staff on October 16, 2022 - 7:00am

In part 3 of his series, Fred Steiner offers an account from “The History of Hardin County, Ohio,” published by Warner, Beers and Co., in 1883. 

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Most remarkable of all mounds in Ohio
The most remarkable of all mounds in the State was one in Hardin County, in which were found about three hundred skeletons. A doubt has, however, been expressed that these were all Mound Builders skeletons.

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Historical Bluffton
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Allen County Board of elections in-person absentee early voting schedule

Posted by Staff on October 16, 2022 - 6:45am

The Allen County Board of Elections has issued reminders that in-person absentee early voting for the November 8 general election has begun.

Early Voting Hours at 204 N. Main Street, Lima, Ohio have the following schedule:

Oct 12-28 Weekdays Only 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Oct 31-Nov 4 Weekdays Only, Monday-Friday Extended Hours, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Oct 29 Saturday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Nov 5 Saturday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Nov 6 Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Nov 7 Monday, 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

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Regional news
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Big Red amid fall colors

Posted by Paula Scott on October 16, 2022 - 6:26am

You may remember a summer scene shared by the Icon featuring "Big Red." These days, the chestnut (name unknown) is harder to spot among the camoflage of fall colors.

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Board of Education to meet Monday, October 17

Posted by Paula Scott on October 15, 2022 - 7:32am

The Board of Education for the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools will hold its regular meeting on Monday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. with the attached agenda. The board meets in the Elementary School media center.

Items on the agenda include:

  • Approval of minutes and reports
  • Involvement of visitors
  • Treasurer's transactions 
  • Contracts, assignments. Thirteen coaching contracts are on this month's agenda as well as eleven substitute teacher contracts and a substitute custodian.
  • Overnight trip. 8th grade Washington D.C., May 16-19
  • Administrative reports
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