The October lunch menu for the Bluffton High School cafeteria has been posted. Persons interested in viewing it may open the Icon attachment on this page.
In case you hadn't noticed, the Oscar Velasquez mural on the Forever In Stitches wall is complete. On Sept. 25 Forever In Stitches owners Rick and Ruth Grihalva held the ribbon as Oscar cut it during the official mural dedication.
Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost a match to the weather and another to a Western Buckeye League team in this week's early action.
A home match with St. Marys was rained out Monday and will not be rescheduled. The Pirates lost at Van Wert Tuesday 4-1 as Ashlin Gable and Emily Sprague won at No. 1 doubles.
Other BHS competitors were Shannon Koch, Jess Hunter and Rachel Sehlhorst in singles and Kristi Geiser and Liz Diller at No. 2 doubles.
It's one thing to want your name on your license plate. It's another thing to be the first in the state to achieve it (without adding a number). Here's a success story when it comes to beating the crowd of all Ohio Loewens to the plate. You'll often see this plate near the Ed Reichenbach State Farm Insurance office.
Note: Christine Purves writes about Swiss dialect words, phrases and stories, which relate to the history of this community. Her column is printed with permission by the Swiss Community Historical Society.
By Christine Habegger Purves
I never heard my grandmother use the word "rheumatism," but she came close. She would say, "I got some rheumatic fer shoor."
Or more specifically, "I ha jetszt es haxaschuss, und es duet mi viel rookveh." Literally this means, "I have a witch's shot and it gives me a big pain in the back."
