DeWayne "Tim" Salsbury Jr., 71, passed away October 23, 2024, at his home in Canton, Ohio.
Tim was born July 28, 1953 in Hardin County to DeWayne E. and Rosy L. (Poe) Salsbury, Sr., who preceded him in death. In 1976, he met Mary (Judy) Salsbury and they later married on May 30, 1992.
Riley Township Pandora Fire Department, was dispatched at 15:58 [on October 22] for reported corn stubble fire near the intersection of Road 4 and Road O, outside of Pandora, OH.
Weather conditions quickly pushed the small fire to an area covering approximately 55 acres, near a ditch with standing corn on other side.
Bluffton High School Varsity Football vs. Columbus Grove and Senior Night honoring Pirate Cheerleaders, Football Players and Band members is Friday, October 25.
6:00 Gates open
6:15 p.m., Senior parents line up
6:20 p.m., Senior ceremony
7:00 p.m. Game Kick Off
Discovery Days, Bluffton Farmers Market and Bluffton Cars & Coffee make for a busy fall weekend in Bluffton. The outdoor events are wrapping up their seasons for 2024. Businesses distributing tickets for Discovery Days prize drawings are Bike Crazy LLC, Black Lab Trading Co., Book Reviews, Dough Hook Meat Market, Et Cetera Thrift Shop, Family Hardware, Langen Family Finds and Masterpiece Signs & Graphics.
MILLER CITY – The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost a five-set thriller to Ottawa-Glandorf in Northwest 2 Div. V district final tournament play on Thursday, October 24, at Miller City to end their strong season in heartbreaking fashion.
The top-seeded Pirates won two of the first three sets to seize the lead, but were not quite able to close O-G out.
The Titan girls rallied to win 23-25, 25-23, 12-25, 25-22, 15-10 and snap Bluffton’s seven-match win streak.
The loss ended the Pirate season with a fine record of 20-4.
Second-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf improved to 18-7 after the comeback to win their first district crown since 2020. The Western Buckeye League champs went 9-0 in league play, but only 9-7 in non-league action. ▶︎
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost 4-2 to Northwest Conference rival Columbus Grove on a pair of late goals in Div. V district final action at Steinmetz Field on Thursday, October 24.
By Alli Meinert, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Robert Frost’s 20-line narrative poem The Road Not Taken was published in the August 1915 issue of Atlantic Monthly. He released a collection of his poetry in 1916 titled Mountain Interval. In the poem, there are two equal paths covered in leaves and one must decide their path.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has two paths for approving an over the counter (OTC) supplement. Is there a difference? ▶︎
Manford ‘Manny’ E. Robinson, Jr., 96, of Granger, IN and formerly of Bluffton, Ohio passed away on October 19, 2024 at Village of Arbor Wood in Granger. He was born in Marshall, IL to the late Manford E. and Sadie Jane (Darkis) Robinson. He attended school at Terre Haute, Indiana. Went from Terre Haute, Indiana to South Bend, Indiana. In Jan. 1949 he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He married Alice Hittle on October 2, 1949.
