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The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will host their fifth annual Spring Tea at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the library’s Richland Room. A light meal of homemade foods that are traditionally offered at formal teas will be served prior to a program by Don Bruns.

A former comedian, songster, and entertainer turned novelist, Bruns will bring his wit, guitar, and writer’s stories to the library. His eleventh novel, Hot Stuff, was released in December.

The Bluffton Boy Scout Troop #256 will be conducting a fund raiser on Wednesday March 6, from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m.. 

The fund raiser will be at Burger King in Bluffton, where the Scout Troop will receive a donation of 20% of the sales generated. 

To support the Scouts, individuals must present a flyer.  Please contact your local scout for a flyer.

Bluffton Boy Scout Troop #256 will be collecting food for the Bluffton Food Pantry, which helps residents within the Bluffton School District.

Scouts will be distributing plastic bags for food collection on Sunday, March 10.  

Scouts will be picking up bags on Sunday, March 17. 

All food collected will be donated directly to the Bluffton Food Pantry.

Tickets remain on sale for Saturday's performance of "Driving Miss Daisy," a Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce fundsraiser for Main Street banners. Tickets are $10 each and are available at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, Greg's Pharmacy and Village Cut 'n' Curl.

This report from AEP meterologists: A winter storm will bring snow to northwestern Ohio this afternoon through Wednesday, but major impacts now look unlikely. AEP meteorologists are now confident that the high-impact heavy snow and wind will not reach northwestern Ohio.

AEP says rain today will change to wet snow late tonight with 1 to 4 inches snow accumulations.

Winds will also become gusty Wednesday. Expect 4 to 7 inches of wet snow accumulations from South Bend and Fort Wayne through Muncie and Lima.  

 

Phil Snider, a pastor, writer and teacher from Missouri, will visit Bluffton University for a March 12 forum on the rapidly changing nature of social media and its implications for building communities and making a difference in the world.

Snider will speak at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall on “Emerging from Facebook: Community, Justice and Religion in a Digital Age.” His presentation is free and open to the public.

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