Here's Silas Diller of Geiger and Diller's men's clothing store with BHS student Sue Neiswander (Amstutz) in a 1970 Bluffton High School yearbook advertisement.
Geiger and Diller's store was located where the former Deer Creek Shoppes was located on North Main Street.
Jeff Stratton, First National Bank, is selected to participate in the Hancock Leadership ’14 class. The class was chosen from applicants submitted by residents of Findlay and Hancock County.
HL ’14 will participate in a nine-month seminar program, which began with a Saturday retreat in August. During the class year, members will be exposed to many aspects of the Findlay-Hancock County community including agriculture, city/county infrastructure, local history, legal system, public safety, business and economic development, health and human services, education and arts and media.
The Bluffton schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday, Sept. 30. The elementary will be open from 6 to 7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and the high school from 7 to 8 p.,m.
Several community organizations will have booths set up in the elementary gym and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community.
All parents and community members are invited to this open house to meet staff members, observe facilities and learn about the educational program of the school.
Bluffton senior citizens breakfasts for the 2013-14 school year are set. Breakfasts take place at 8:30 a.m. in the middle school cafetorium and are free for senior citizens in the school district.
Following breakfast a school musical group or dramatic group performs. Here is this year's schedule: