The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday evening, Sept. 23. The elementary school will be open from 6-7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7-8 p.m.
Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community. The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) will be offering baked goods for donations in the elementary gymnasium, as a fundraiser.
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2019 - 2:23pm
Blanchard River Watershed Partnership receives a $142,020 grant for the “Innovative Use of the Nutrient Tracking Tool in the Lower Riley Creek watershed.”
Watch the brief video at the bottom explaining watersheds.
The Great Lakes Commission has awarded the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) a $142,020 grant under the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP).
Poet Matt Hart will give a public reading at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Marbeck Center’s Kreider Room at Bluffton University.
Hart is the author of “Radiant Action,” “Radiant Companion,” and several other collections of poetry. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation and several fellowships. Additionally, he is cofounder and the editor-in-chief of “Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking and Light Industrial Safety.”
Hart lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church will hold a community picnic from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 22, at the church on the corner of Main and Cherry streets.
The free picnic includes shredded chicken sandwiches and hotdogs, cookies, snacks, drinks, music and games.
For more details visit the church Facebook by clicking here.