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Summary of August 19 Board of Education meeting

Posted by Staff on August 20, 2024 - 8:13am

By Betsi Werling

The August 19 meeting of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education included the approval of supplemental contracts for coaches, advisors and substitute staff and teachers. The use of a therapy dog was approved in the schools.

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Public Meetings
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JAMPD board meeting for August 20 is canceled

Posted by Staff on August 20, 2024 - 7:49am

The regular board meeting for the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District is cancelled for Tuesday, August 20, 2024 due to the lack of the required quorum.

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Public Meetings
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Pirate volleyball falls to Shawnee

Posted by Staff on August 20, 2024 - 7:47am

By Cort Reynolds

Playing at home, the Bluffton volleyball team lost to Shawnee in four tough sets Monday, August 19.

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Sports
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August Discovery Days are this Friday-Saturday

Posted by Paula Scott on August 20, 2024 - 7:38am

Eighteen businesses are particpating in this weekend's Discovery Days promotion in Bluffton. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating prize drawings for up to $100 in Bluffton Bucks. Get a ticket when you stop in one of the businesses above, get additional tickets for each $10 spent, up to $100.

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Quellhorst is university's Interim Head Golf Coach

Posted by Paula Scott on August 20, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton University has named Clay Quellhorst '23 as Interim Head Golf Coach.

Quellhorst is a 2023 graduate of Bluffton University. He has been serving as the graduate assistant, while earning his MBA from Bluffton, for the program for the past year. Last season, Quellhorst helped lead the women's team to a fourth-place finish and the men's team to a fifth-place finish at the HCAC tournament. Quellhorst was a member of the men's golf team for four years.

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Sports
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June 23, 1947: The day Bluffton Presbyterian Church appeared on the NYT front page

Posted by Staff on August 19, 2024 - 7:44am

Headline: Ohio Church Has $2,000 Grow Into $10,000 By Following Parable of the Talents

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Bluffton Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2024. Located at Cherry and Main streets and providing what is effectively the village’s town square, the church is a prominent landmark and institution in Bluffton.

It’s still a bit of a surprise to learn that the church once graced the front page of the New York Times, a publication that currently has over 10 million subscribers.

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Historical Bluffton
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