This week celebrates the 140th anniversary of St. John's United Church of Christ. Here is a photo of the congregation's centennial committee, taken in 1973.
Front, from left, Meredith Stepleton, Rhoda Matter, correspondence; Silas Diller, general chairman; La Donna Derringer, secretary; Sidney C. Stettler, history chairman and booklet chairman; Leota Badertscher, church publications.
Trick-or-treat night in Bluffton is set. Dennis Gallant, Bluffton mayor, set the date as 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, which happens to be the actual Halloween night this year.
By Bryan Kress
After a slow first half that showed only one touchdown from Carey the fireworks were turned on in the second with six scores allowing the Pirates to take home the victory.
The only score of the first came a Zach Brodman four-yard run to put the game at 6-0.
Bluffton came out of half time throwing as Mitchell Ault got the Pirates on the board with a 54-yard pass to Levi Kistler.
Bluffton was rest stop at milepost 75 for Sunday's Hancock Horizontal Hundred Handelbars Bicycle Tour. Over 500 bikers stopped at Bluffton between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The bike tour by the Findlay-based club includes rides of 20, 40, 62 and 100 miles. The stop was co-sponsored by the Handlebars Bike Club and the Bluffton Lion Foundation. For more information contact Paul Craun, Hancock Handlebars Bike Club at (419) 424-8782 or Dick Ramseyer, Bluffton Lions Foundation at (419) 358-0713. (Dick Ramseyer photo)
Alec Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder of Bluffton, and son of Mike and Rebecca Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind., continues to excel on the national stage in the sport of men’s gymnastics.
In May, Yoder, a sophomore at Northpoint Home School, competed in the U.S. Men’s Junior Elite National Championships in Portland, Ore., as a Level 10 elite gymnast.
