August 5: National Night Out is·6:00 – 9:00 p.m. followed by Fireworks - Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd. Free admission, free activities, free food.
By Maria Duodu Student Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
Forky is a Disney-Pixar character created from a plastic spork and appears in Toy Story 4. Forky has googly eyes and pipe cleaners for arms. Forky has a series of short films created by Ohio Northern University alumnus Bob Peterson. Bob wrote, directed and narrated the series titled Forky Asks A Question. These questions include what is art, what is money, what is a friend and what is time.
Community invitation to meet apprentices from Germany
JULY 16 MEDIA RELEASE__The Village of Bluffton is building a friendship with the city of Mindelheim, Germany. This Twin Towns initiative will be an ongoing process with an important kickoff event taking place at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22 on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall.
GROB Systems is hosting a meet and greet with a presentation led by six GROB-Werke apprentices who have spent the past three weeks in Bluffton.
JUNE 15 MEDIA RELEASE__The first meeting of the Bluffton Music Boosters for the 2025-2026 school year will be Monday, August 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School band room.
Parents of all music students in Bluffton Schools are welcome to attend and be a part of the boosters.
We continue to meet on the first Monday at 7:00 p.m.--in September on 2nd Monday due to holiday--in October, November, January, February, March & April.
By Jonah Agner, Nancy Corle-Agner, Liz Gordon-Hancock and Bob Gordon-Hancock
It's time we talked about Greenhorn.
You may have heard there's a baby on the way, or you may have seen the post about Jonah's new job. You may have asked, "how will they do this with a baby on the way?" That's a good question.
On Mon., Aug.11 at 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will host a Project Wild Workshop at the McElroy Environmental Education Center, 2355 Ada Rd., Lima, Ohio.
July 14 MEDIA RELEASE__Riley Creek Arbor is sponsoring free pool admission for the first 125 people at the Bluffton Community Pool on each of these dates:
Friday, July 18 from 1 – 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 19 from 12 – 7 p.m.
JULY 15 MEDIA RELEASE__On Wed., July 23, at 3:30 p.m., the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will offer Prairie Fairies at Motter Metro Park, 10740 Columbus Grove Rd., Bluffton.
Come out to Motter Metro Park and help a naturalist look for real life fairies of the prairie–butterflies and moths! Together we will learn about the importance of prairies, how to observe and handle butterflies, and how to appreciate the beauty of this ecosystem. Butterfly nets provided. Guests are invited to come wearing fairy wings or flower crowns for fun! Closed-toe shoes and socks are recommended.
Register by July 20, online at www.jampd.com or by calling 419-221-1232.
The intersection of State Route 81 and County Road 15, which is located 2.5 miles west of the Village of Ada, has been identified as an upcoming ODOT Intersection Safety Project slated for the year 2030.
ODOT has been designated as the project sponsor for construction of a roundabout with funding of $4.55M. According to a July 3 media release for the State of Ohio, the Highway Safety Improvement Program addresses road locations with a history of fatal or injury crashes where other safety improvements have not been effective.
Cheri Newton, public information officer for ODOT District 1, provided the following crash data for a three-year period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024:
