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Superior strings performance at OMEA

Posted by Paula Scott on February 21, 2023 - 7:18am

The Bluffton High School String Orchestra for received a Superior rating at the OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event on Friday, Feb. 17 in Findlay.. Performing in class "C," the performance included "Korean Folk Song Variants," "Ruminations" by S. O'Loughlin and "Postcards from Russia" arranged by C.L. Gruselle. The orchestra is under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis. / PHOTO Jan Wiebe

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Mission Possible coffee trail leads to Bluffton's Twisted Whisk

Posted by Paula Scott on February 21, 2023 - 6:49am

Mission Possible, a nonprofit with schools in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is hosting an event called the Mission Possible Coffee Trail. For $20 you can purchase a coffee trail card giving you access to a designated coffee item at 19 participating coffee shops, includig Buckeye East at 123 E. Buckeye Ave. in Ada.

Organizers explain, "The trail runs from March 15 - May 10, so you have 8 weeks to use your card, support their schools in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and experience some fantastic coffee shops along the way.

"Go to www.ourmissionispossible.org/coffee-trail/ to get your card today and help support education one cup at a time."

PARTICIPATING COFFEE SHOPS

Baker's Cafe, 408 S. Main St. Findlay

Baking Company, 510 S. Blanchard St., Findlay

Buckeye East, 123 E. Buckeye Ave., Ada 

Coffee Amici, 328 S. Main St., Findlay

Enchanted Bean, 204 S. Main St., Fostoria

Flatlands Coffee, 138 N. Main St., Bowling Green

Flying Joe, 2130 Preston Pkwy, Perrysburg

Fort Findlay Coffe & Doughnut Shoppe, 1016 Tiffin Ave., Findlay

Meeting Place on Market, 220 W. Market St., Lima

Novel Blends, 116 S. Main St., Bowling Green

Twisted Whisk Cafe, 101 S. Main St., Bluffton

Well Grounded Cafe, 114 N. Elm St., Ottawa

Way Makers, 24125 Front St., Grand Rapids

We Serve Coffee, 114 E. Sandusky St., Findlay

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Business
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Business Plan Competition and information series on BCE calendar

Posted by Staff on February 21, 2023 - 6:23am

UPDATED The BCE website now includes information on the 2023 business plan competition HERE.

The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) has announced the return of the Small Business Information Series and Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition for 2023. These events are designed to provide support and resources for local entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Bluffton community and surrounding areas.

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Business
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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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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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