Carissa Luginbill, front right, is the BHS HC queen. Keshaun Hughes is king. Senior attendants, front, Lindsey Buettner, Halle Steingass. Back, Kayla Phillips (frosh), Lily Schumacher (soph.), Karli Leugers (jr.) Click.
In recognition of outstanding efforts with its Young Entrepreneurs program, First National Bank recently received Honorable Mention for the BKD Award for Excellence & Innovation.
Co-sponsored by the Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) and BKD, one of the 10 largest CPA and advisory firms in the U.S., the annual award recognizes high-performing CBAO members that proactively ensure a healthy future for their bank and community.
The Bluffton High School girls tennis team went indoors Thursday to knock off Lima Central Catholic to "win" the mythical Northwest Conference championship for the third straight year, 3-2.
BHS and LCC are the only two NWC schools to field tennis teams, so there is no official league title, but this rivalry has been hard-fought in recent years.
Taking their season record to 11-2 for the fall, coach Jesse Sensenig's netters became the third Pirate girls team to win that many matches in a season.
Florence R. Duffield, 98 of Bluffton, Ohio died at 1:25 p.m. Sept. 29, 2011 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born on May 12, 1913 in Van Buren to Matthew and Olive Lauer Duffield who preceded her in death.
She graduated from Van Buren High School and Bowling Green State University. She taught typing, shorthand, bookkeeping and other business courses at Bluffton High School for 47 years retiring in 1982.
Bluffton University's effort to expand an academic option for high school students-at Mennonite as well as public schools-is paying off.
This fall, 89 students are participating in the university's dual-enrollment program, which allows them to earn Bluffton credit by completing Bluffton courses while still at their high schools. That's 70 more students than a year ago, with nearly 70 percent of the total from three predominantly Mennonite schools.
