FROM BLUFFTON PIRATES FACEBOOK__Congratulations to BHS Swim Team members Owen Armstrong, Jackson Bowlus, Jenna Downey, Aaron Ungashick, Camden Verb and alternates Bodey Benroth and Max Fritsch who will compete at the OHSAA D2 State Meet at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Prelims are Thursday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. and Finals are Friday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.
The Village of Bluffton Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, February 23 at 7 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 3256 attended the Council meeting after spending time with Police Chief Ryan Burkholder earlier in the evening. While they did not ask questions, they were definitely paying attention. Pictured above is Mayor Johnson and Council Member Ben Stahl with the pack members.
In 1735, Gaspar Casal of Spain described a disease he named mal de la rosa (sickness of the rose), which was spreading across Europe. Then, in 1771, the Italian physician Francesco Frapolli of Milan gave the same disease the name pellagra. At the time, Southern Europe depended on corn as a major food source, especially in the more impoverished populations. Pellagra was known by the four Ds, including dermatitis (skin rash), dementia, diarrhea and death.
The Bluffton Lions Club will host Fire Chief Jon Kinn at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, for a state of the Bluffton Fire Department presentation. The meeting will take place on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall. The public is invited to attend.
Kinn says that he will discuss funding updates that became effective with the new Safety Services income tax approved in 2024. He notes that the Fire Department is still all-volunteer, while EMS services have both full-time and volunteer crew members.
