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.
Lauren Osting says she always wanted to be a teacher – and open her own day care center.
As new director of the Bluffton Child Development Center, Osting says she has the best of both worlds.
Osting of Elida assumed the BCDC director position on Aug. 1, following the retirement of Mary Painter.
She graduated from the University of Toledo with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and is certified to teach pre-kindergarten to third grade.
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Don Steinman from Arlington, found this sign in a antique store in pretty bad shape. He had a fellow restore it for him. Don is relation to the Steinman's from the lumber company and is also the editor and president of the Eagle Creek Historical Organization clubs newsletter in Arlington.
Steinman Lumber Company's Bluffton office was on the site of Riley Creek Mercantile on Cherry Street.
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Putnam County Common Pleas Court Judge Randall Basinger will address “The U.S. Constitution and Current Issues before the Supreme Court” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Founders Hall at Bluffton University.
Free and open to the public, the presentation is Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions that receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.