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.
Kaycee Rowe, BFR strength and conditioning coach, helps Kylee Longworth during a strength and conditioning class for middle school and high school athletes. For information on the class call BFR at 419-358-4150.
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.
