Bluffton University

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made at stop at Bluffton University on Thursday, April 29.

 

Brunner traveled 6,000 miles in a silver school bus, purchased on eBay, during her campaign for a U.S. Senate nomination. In Bluffton, she spoke to a room of about 35 students, staff members, and residents.

 

Jobs and the status of the banking industry are the two topics that Brunner says she repeatedly hears concerns about from Ohioans.

 

Brunner lost the nomination to Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher following Tuesday’s primary election.

Members of the Bluffton University football team exchanged their pads for paintbrushes on Saturday morning, April 17.

 

From 8 a.m. until noon, nearly 70 Bluffton players and coaches helped paint classroom walls at Bluffton Child Development Center, 325 County Line Road. The group also completed gardening and landscaping work around the facility.

“It was wonderful!” said Mary Painter, director of Bluffton Child Development Center. “It’s really great for young people to be out doing nice things around town. We are very appreciative to the football team, coaches, and Bluffton Child Development Center board member, Brian Myers, for organizing it.” 

This is the second year that head coach Tyson Veidt has found an opportunity for his team to assist nonprofit partners in Bluffton. The players gave back to the community, where they spend much of the year, while engaging in team-building activities.