Eleanor Judith Hillemann, 94, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born on March 18, 1919, at Bluff Dale Ranch near Almont, N.D. Her parents, Emelie Sorum Pederson, and Jonathan Pederson, were homesteaders and the children of Norwegian immigrants. She was the fourth of six daughters.
The Bluffton Senior Citizens Center will be open all day for shoppers on Saturday, Nov. 30, during the Blaze of Lights,
The center will serve its soup and sandwich supper starting at 4 p.m. The menu includes soups, sandwiches, homemade pies, peanut butter bards and hicory nut cake and drinks.
Following the Blaze parade,Santa and Mrs. Claus will be. at the Senior Center.
The Bluffton Senior Citizens Association held its annual memorial service for members who died from November 2013 through October 2013. The service was part of the Nov. 11 monthly potluck. The following persons were remembered:
Husky Energy, RMF Nooter, GEM Industrial, Inc., PRO-TEC Coating Co. and the Lima Building Trades Council were presented with prestigious Zero Injury Safety Awards (ZISA) during the National Maintenance Agreement Policy Committee's annual gala in Washington, DC on Oct. 24.
GEM Industrial, Inc., PRO-TEC Coating Co. and the Lima Building Trades Council received the ZISA Bronze Star for working 399,567 hours at the Continuous Annealing Plant in Leipsic in 2012 without an OSHA recordable injury.
Early Birds Junior League
Scores bowled on: Nov.9
Boys High Game
Austin Bolander 128
Levi McClain 115
Carter Dailey 96
Max Eversole 93
Girls High Game
Caitlin Dailey 109
Jasmine Rawakowsky 106
Addison Businger 99
Libby Frazier 95
Boys High Series (2 Games)
Austin Bolander 229
Levi McClain 205
Carter Dailey 166
Max Eversole 159
Bluffton High School graduate and Eastern Mennonite University sophomore Hannah Chappell-Dick finished 12th at Saturday's South/Southeast cross country regional in Newport News, qualifying for the NCAA Division III national meet while spurring the team on to a seventh-place finish.
Chappell-Dick, running in just her third race of the year, stumbled twice as she neared the 6k finish line, but still crossed in 22:59.02 to claim the final individual qualifying spot. She also earned All-Region honors with the finish.
