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On June 29, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. the Safe Driving For Seniors and CarFit will be at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main Street, Bluffton.

Safe Driving is designed to assist drivers in knowing the laws and things that may make driving safer. Also alternative methods of transpotation will be discussed.

CarFit is a free, interactive and educational program designed to improve older driver safety. Trained volunteers provide information to ensure the safest "fit" for older drivers.

CarFit: Driver Safer & Longer

MEDIA RELEASE__ A community bike swap will be held on Saturday, June 6, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Bluffton Farmers  Market.

Has your child outgrown their bike and needs another? 

Do you have a bike cluttering up your garage that you would like to donate to another child? 

Let’s swap bikes so everyone can benefit!

Optional: Early bike drop off at St. John’s UCC on Friday, June 5.

This event is sponsored by St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bluffton, Ohio.

FROM BPL UPDATE__Join Hannah Warwick on Tuesday, May 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Public Library to learn the process of creating a May Flowers painting in acrylic. 

Cost is $10 (cash only). Register in person or online as space is limited. Open to adults, and teens and children with an accompanying adult. 

FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__The computer and phone class with Mr. Morris and his Tech Students will continue on May 12 at 3:30 p.m. at the Bluffton Senior Center. 

This one-on-one class is a great way to learn how to use the tech you already own. Class will last one hour. No registration required. 

By Liz Gordon-Hancock

The following nine land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District for the month of April 2026 as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.

Address - Sale Date - Sale Price - Land Use - Owner - From… to…

Agricultural

11205 TOM FETT RD - 4/9/2026 - $370,000 - Agricultural with Buildings "Qualified for CAUV" - From Grant & Ashley Ford to Evan Huss & Olivia Whitaker

10.83 ACRES on WEST ST, BEAVERDAM - 4/28/2026 - $137,825 - Agr vacant land qualified CAUV - From Gregory & Jamie Verhoff Trustees to James L Dutton

 

MAY 1 MEDIA RELEASE__Since 1988, Rhodes State College has annually recognized one alumnus who has been exemplary in their career, service to community, and to the College with the Outstanding Alumni Award. The 2026 Rhodes State College Outstanding Alumni Award recipient is Greg Ring of Bluffton, who is a 1982 graduate of the former Lima Technical College, now Rhodes State College.

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