On Friday, October 18, the Pandora-Gilboa schools crowned Andrew Miller and Luciana Hovest as 2024 Homecoming King and Queen. The homecoming court is pictured below.
Olympian Bassitt visits students, emergency repair made on boiler
By Betsi Werling
The October 21 meeting of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education followed the attached agenda.
PERSONNEL
After close to 15 years of driving for the district, Jay Stratton will retire as a school bus driver. With this change, Dan Lee will take over Stratton’s route.
1:00-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, corner of Road 6 and M6
The 2024 Fall Harvest Party at the Bridenbaugh one-room schoolhouse will feature a presentation by Riley Township resident Paul Nussbaum on a solo canoe trip fro Ottawa to Lake Erie.
This past June Nussbaum completed a bucket-list solo canoe trip, during which he paddled from Ottawa to Lake Erie via the Blanchard, Auglaize and Maumee rivers. He will also be sharing stories from his 20 wilderness canoe trips taken since 1979 in six different Canadian provinces.
Bridenbaugh Schoolhouse is located at the corner of Road 6 and M6, just north of Pandora. This event is free and open to the public. If you have questions, call Dale Bridenbaugh at 419-235-1115 or 419-384-3374. ◾️
The Ohio Rail Development Commission is inviting stakeholders to participate in an update to the State of Ohio Rail Plan. The Ohio Rail Plan is required to be updated every four years to remain competitive for federal grant opportunities.
The work of local artist and pottery professor TR Steiner is now on display at Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St.
Born and raised in Northwest Ohio on the family farm, Steiner graduated from the University of Findlay, and later started a business called The Old Jalopy Pottery. Since 2016, TR has been the ceramics professor at Bluffton University. He has shown and sold his work at many exhibitions, art fairs, shops, and galleries, and conducts the annual Summer Mud Workshop at Bluffton University.
Steiner’s was awarded Ohio Designer Craftsmen “Best of” 2022 and 2023 by the Ohio Craft Museum and in 2023 was pictured in Ceramics Monthly Magazine. ▶︎
TIFFIN __ The top-seeded Bluffton boys soccer team lost to Mansfield Christian 2-0 in the Div. V district semifinals Tuesday, October 22, at Frost-Kalnow Stadium.
Bluffton ends their season 10-9 with the defeat.
Fourth-seeded MC improved to 9-9-1 after the win. The Flames advance to the district finals Saturday evening at Tiffin.
Bluffton got off 13 shots, six of which were on goal, but could not score. MC only mustered three shots but they made them count, as both Flame shots on goal found the back of the net.
Pirate keeper Truett Diller made one save in goal, while the Flame keeper made six stops. ▶︎
MILLER CITY __ The Bluffton High School volleyball team took down Sherwood Fairview in straight sets in district semifinal tournament play Tuesday night at Miller City.
The West Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization is releasing its DRAFT 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan for public comment HERE. A link to the Long Range Transportation Plan, as well as a survey, will be available for review beginning October 23 - November 13.
Did a legendary sports figure once appear in a Bluffton school? The answer is yes. I know because I sat behind him at a basketball game in our gym. His name is Rufus Brassell. He was originally from Lima. In the late 1970s he moved his family to the Bluffton area to live. His kids went to Bluffton schools.He was a Lima legend in two ways. This column is his story.
Rufus was born in Mississippi to Freeman and Carrie Ward Brassell, Jr. They moved to Lima. Rufus had no siblings.He attended South High School and graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1963.
He became interested in boxing while in junior high. He liked it and became very skilled. ▶︎
