Brandon Anspach, an Ohio Northern University senior mechanical engineering major from Rawson, was a member of the ONU Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team that finished fifth overall at Baja SAE Wisconsin 2012, held June 7-10 at the MGA Research Corporation Proving Grounds in Burlington, Wis.
The event featured 95 colleges and universities and was sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
South Main Street and North Dixie Highway's water and sewer projects are "99 percent complete," according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.
He announced that in his report to Bluffton council on June 25. He added that property owners will soon receive notice that their sanitary sewer is ready to be tapped into.
"We will work with the Allen County Health Department on coordinating inspections as properties abandon their existing septic systems and connect to the sanitary sewer's main line," he said.
Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, has partnered with the American Cancer Society to offer area residents an opportunity to change the face of cancer for future generations by participating in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). CPS-3 will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer.
The Bluffton Public Library book group will read and discuss "Destiny of the Republic," by Candice Mallard at noon on Wednesday, July 11.
The discussion is open to the public and will be in the Riley Room at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. Guests are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch.
Copies of the book are available at the library and advance registration is requested. For more information, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.
Bluffton Public Library and Clymer's Wildlife Museum in Columbus Grove are teaming up to offer a special event on Tuesday, June 26, at 7 p.m. The "Night @ the Museum: Big Game Hunt" event is open to adults and children ages 12 or older.
Guests will hear exciting firsthand accounts of adventurous big game hunts around the world and have a guided tour of this unique museum filled with bears, a giraffe, lions and other wild game.
Free admission tickets are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.
Tickets are now on sale at BFR for a day trip package to a Toledo Mudhens Game on Sunday, July 29. The trip includes air-conditioned transportation provided by Buckeye Charter, ticket to the game, and all activities planned at the ball park. The bus will leave the BFR parking lot at 3:30 p.m. and return around 11 p.m.
Here's a view of South Jackson Street with Grove Street in the center of the photo.
A close examination reveals the old St. Mary's Catholic Church building, a very narrow Jackson Street, no addition to St. John's UCC, several "small structures" at the rear of many residences (are these outhouses?).
