Bluffton Fire Department responded to a call to the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center on Monday evening. The department was on the scene for about 60 minutes. The Icon does not have information at this time about the alarm. (Reema Bazzy photo)
Several Bluffton council committees have meetings in April. Those meeting dates follow:
April 22 - Street and alley committee, 4 p.m.
April 22 - Safety service committee, 7:15 p.m.
April 22 - Finance committee, 7:30 p.m.
April 22 - Council meeting, 8 p.m.
Also, one council meeting in May was moved to a new date. The Monday, May 27, council meeting was moved to Tuesday, May 28, not to coflict with Memorial Day.
Would you like to improve your Facebook page? Do you want to attract more viewers to your page? Do you have question about social media that you've been afraid to ask?
Don't worry. A free social media workshop sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is planned at 8:45 a.m., Friday, April 12, in the third floor of the town hall.
The event is open to the public, but requires an RSVP to [email protected]. This free workshop could cost $75 or more, but is held as an incentive for persons to join the chamber.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 11. That’s the date of the 42nd annual Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce arts and crafts show. The show is on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is a chamber fundraiser.
The show includes several traditional features and some new ones that will make this year one of the largest is several seasons.
Clyde W. Augsburger, 84, of Bluffton died April 8, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, surrounded by family.
Mr. Augsburger was born in Bluffton on Oct. 2, 1928, to the late Omar and Fannie (Frankhauser) Augsburger. On July 11, 1948, he married Donna McCullough and she survives.
He grew up in the Pandora and Bluffton areas, attending the Stratton one-room schoolhouse on the Ewing farm his first and second grades in school. When he graduated from Pandora High School in 1946 he began a lifelong career as a farmer.
