FROM BPL UPDATE__Get ready to have fun reading and listening to great books and more at Bluffton Public Library events this summer.
The library staff are working hard to fill the calendar (and the prize shelves!) with something for every age, and will be in schools during the month of May.
A presentation for homeschoolers all about the “Unearth a story” Summer Read is available for all ages and will be held at the library on Friday, May 15 at 12:00 p.m.
Early Registration starts on May 11 at the front desk of the library.
MAY 1 MEDIA RELEASE__A team of teachers from the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools and representing Northwest OHSAA District was a top school in the most recent Health Action Council Step It Up Challenge.
The team of eleven participants logged 566,835average total steps. Team members included Jaime Combs, Heidi Steiner, Julie Garmatter, Nicole Anderson, Brandie Bogart, Ryan Dunlap, Lauren Huelsman, Rachel Skilliter, Robin Ault, Emily Ellerbrock and Joanna Gratz.
FINDLAY__The Bluffton High School girls track and field team finished a strong second out of 11 teams at the chilly Liberty-Benton Invitational on Saturday, May 2. The Pirate boys placed 6th among 10 teams.
GIRLS RESULTS
Columbus Grove won the girls team title with 150.5 points. The Pirate girls scored 105.5 points to come in ahead of third-place Oak Harbor (100.5). Host L-B ended up fourth (82).
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School softball team raced to a big early lead and whipped visiting Arlington 13-3 in a non-league game on a cold, damp Saturday, May 2.
Due to the inclement conditions, the scheduled doubleheader was reduced to one game.
The Pirates tallied five runs in the bottom of the first frame and never trailed. One run in the third, and three more Pirate scores in the fourth extended their lead to 9-1.
