Progress! The Spring Street bridge really does span the Riley. Last week at this time, the bridge deck did not exist. Workers continue to make progress on the bridge despite setbacks in mid-summer.

The Bluffton Middle School September Pirates of the Month were recently announced. Click here to view their photos. They are:

6th Grade:

Tyler McLaughlin, son of Jim and Lisa McGlaughlin, Bluffton. Tyler is a member of the Bluffton Bucs football team and plays basketball and baseball. He attends St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Hepcat Revival Swing Band from Toledo performs music of the 1940s at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Town Hall Concert Series. The event is sponsored by the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee.

The concert is on the third floor of the town hall and admission is by donation.

The seven-piece band decked out in the full regalia of the latest fashions of the 1940s performs music of Louis Prima, Big Joe Turner, Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan, as well as their own compositions.

Peaches the Cat

15 minutes with Peaches the Cat

So, I understand you're miffed because of the interview in The Icon with Ike the Iconoclast.

Miffed doesn't come close to describing my feelings.

So, what's this all about?

Ike's a dog, you nit wit.

And...

I'm a feline...member of the family that brought you the lynx, the puma, the bobcat, the saber-tooth cat, the...

Okay, I get it. So, tell me about yourself.

Thursday, Oct. 21, is the date of the next community meals scheduled by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.

The meal is at 6 p.m., held at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center and is hosted by Mennonite Memorial Home.

The meal is open to the public. Donations accepted are given to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program food pantry.

Kathryn Elizabeth (Suter) Luginbill, 91, died at the Hilty Home, Pandora, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2010. She was born to Harvey and Sylvia (Lugibihl) Suter on April 8, 1919, in Bluffton.

Kathryn was preceded in death by one brother, Dale Suter, and has two living sisters, Wanda Pannabecker of Bluffton, and LaDonna (Lloyd) Shook of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

On Dec. 18, 1943, she married Paul Luginbill who preceded her in death in 1991.

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