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The NWO Lady Buckeyes fastpitch softball teams are holding tryouts for the 2022-2023 season at the Elida Varsity & JV Softball fields, 4500 Sunnydale St. The teams are a nonprofit traveling program.

SCHEDULE
6:00-8:00 p.m.

12U – Tuesday July 19th & Thursday July 21st

14U – Tuesday July 19th & Thursday July 21st

16U – Monday July 18th & Wednesday July 20th

18U – Monday July 18th & Wednesday July 20th

The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area (GBPA) are inviting the public to a lecture given by Dave McPheron of Star Farms-Native Plants.

  • Tuesday, July 5
  • 6:30 p.m.
  • Bluffton Community Garden – 9900 block of S. Main St.

The event is free. From the organizers: "PLEASE bring a chair and a friend."

The club meets in Bluffton the first Tuesday of the month from March through December to discuss and hold outings related to gardening.

Appointments are needed for the July 6 Red Cross Blood drive at First United Methodist Church, 116 Church Street.

Schedule online or call 1-800-RED CROSS. This link will show you other drives near 45817 if this date is inconvenient.

Appointments as of this posting (8 a.m., July 4) were available from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

The Bluffton Cattle 4-H Club will host their annual chicken BBQ fundraiser from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Sportsmen’s Club, 405 N. Spring St.

The money raised benefits the Bluffton-Pandora-Beaverdam buyers group, who support the Bluffton area livestock exhibitors at the Allen County Fair.  

Tickets are $10.00 each, which includes a 1/2 chicken, mac and cheese, and green beans catered by Bubba C’s.

There will also be a bake sale by donation. Pre-sale tickets are available from any Bluffton Cattle Club member.

Do you hang out at Bluffton University's  Musselman Library? Hours will be limited during the week of July 4-8. Plan your visits for Tuesday and Wednesday from 1:00-3:30 p.m.

Regular hours resume on July 11.

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Occasionally a book comes along that captures and holds my interest until it's finished. Whether it is story or plot or writing skill, I'm pulled in and all other activities I'm doing fade away because I'm hooked into the book.

Booth (Random House, ISBN 978-0-593-55649-8) is Karen Joy Fowler's 2022 release, and her second novel. (Her first novel is We are All Completely Besides Ourselves). The well-written story is a meticulous glimpse into the past before Abraham Lincoln was killed in cold blood by John Wilkes Booth.

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