The village parks and recreation committee (Ben Stahl council member; Mitch Kingsley council member; Mayor Richard Johnson and Jesse Blackburn, village administrator), sent a questionnaire to Bluffton elementary students.
Committee members wanted to know elementary youths thoughts on what would be good features for the Buckeye park.
A summary of the survey is at the bottom of this story.
The Bluffton and Pandora Police Departments are once again in the planning stages for holding our 6th annual National Night Out celebration. This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, August 6 and will again take place at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., where free pool admission will be offered all day.
The Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Pandora Fire and EMS Departments will also be participating in this event and those communities and surrounding areas are invited to attend.
The Bluffton Community Assistance board will hold its summer meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, July 15, in St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Ed Yeager, board president.
The Community Assistance Program oversees several programs that assist area residents with special needs, including the Bluffton food pantry, which is located in St. John's UCC.
Several Bluffton University faculty members have received summer 2019 Bluffton University Research Center grants, which provide $2,000 and up to $300 for research-related expenses:
· Dr. Daniel Berger, professor of chemistry, for his project, “Toward Creative-Commons Organic Chemistry Textbooks,” where he will be updating and writing new material for chemistry textbooks to be used as educational resources that are free of charge.
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 636, hosted a flying start program in May at the Bluffton Airport.
The organization has a newsletter, and the current issue is posted here. For more information about the organization contact Jason Stechschulte at [email protected].
The next chapter meeting in Bluffton is at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 8.
Dan Garver of Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery, 153 N. Johnson St., Ada, works on a couch that will soon have beautiful striped fabric and a beautiful floral fabric for a chair to match. Click here for the company's Facebook for lots more photos of completed pieces and works in progress.
Bluffton Public Library hosts a Teen Movie Marathon on Thursday, June 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Richland Room, on the lower level. Teens are encouraged to bring their own snacks and sleeping bags.
The movies will be sci-fi themed. Please note, all teens will need to provide a guardian consent form to participate.
DATE CHANGE: Spring Family Day at The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm has been rescheduled as "Summer Family Day" on Saturday, July 20, 1 to 4 p.m., due to a forecast of rain and thunderstorms for the originally scheduled date, June 15.
Bring yourself, friends and family for an afternoon of fun in the gardens, woods and wetlands of during the 6th Annual Family Day on Saturday, July 20.
The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve and Conservation Farm, rural Pandora, has several nature-themed activities planned this summer.
