Ryan and Kristen Niekamp, Bluffton, announce the birth of a son, Kaden Michael Niekamp, at 9:26 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010, at Bluffton Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20-1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Kim McCullough, Bluffton, Randy McCullough, Fremont, and Rick and Janice Niekamp, Coldwater. Great-grandparents are Stan and Ruth Naylor, Bluffton, and Audrey Niekamp, Chickasaw.
I'd like a butterfly painted on my face. How many times on Saturday did Bev Amstutz hear that request? Bev painted faces of youngsters during the Swiss Community Historical Society's fall festival celebration. The warm weather brought several hundred visitors to the homestead.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool was $28,066 in the red as of the end of September, according to information provided in this week's Bluffton council packet.
That figure was actually an improvement from the previous year. The attachment to this article reveals swimming pool revenue and expenses each year since 2004.
This one's too good to be true. It's not really an official Florida plate. It's a mass-produced plate that resembles the real thing. Someone with a crazy idea, made some pretty good cash. The Icon spotted this bird at the Schumacher homestead.
Bluffton council voted 5-1 (Dick McGarrity voting no) giving the mayor authority to sign a petition in the village's behalf to support a land annexation involving the North Dixie Highway area, south of the corporation limits. This action took place at the Sept. 27 council meeting.
The village owns land in the area being petitioned for annexation into the village and is therefore allowed one vote in the matter. Should 51 percent of the property owners sign such a petition and bring it before council, and then council would act on the petition.
The Ada Bulldogs stopped Bluffton HS 42-6 on Sept. 24. Bluffton's lone TD was a Hunter Joseph 49-yard pass to Jacob Nienberg in the second period.
Ada took a 21-6 halftime lead. The Bulldogs extended that lead to 35-6 after three. Ada scored once in the final period.
Jeremy Basinger was in on 12 tackles for the Pirates. Drew Luginbuhl was in on 10, eight of which were solo tackles. Luginbuhl caught six passes for 129 yards in the loss.
