MEDIA RELEASE__A small town hoopla is one way to describe the exuberant preparations being made in Bluffton to celebrate the Fourth of July on America’s 250th year.
BPL UPDATES_The library is hosting a Watercolor Workshop: Blue Heron, which will be held Thu., Jul. 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Local artist Jeanne Crumrine will teach on the lower level of the library. Walk away with your own watercolor piece of art, complete with mat! There is a $10 supply fee at the door (cash only please). Register in person or online as space is limited. Open to adults, teens and children with an accompanying adult.
BPL UPDATES_The Bluffton Public Library has scheduled a mobile health clinic that will be held on Thu., July 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. All services are provided by individuals with the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program. This clinic includes free screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol (please fast for 12 hours to participate in cholesterol or blood sugar screening). Participants may speak with ONU Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors.
BPL UPDATES_The library is set to host a T-Rex Tea Party for children in grades K through 5 on Wednesday, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. Seating is limited, so be sure to register in person or online.
MEDIA RELEASE__Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Well, there weren’t any lions or tigers but there probably were bears (and definitely wolves) when the Swiss settlers began to arrive in the Bluffton/Pandora area.
Join us on Saturday, July 11, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Schumacher Homestead and Swiss Heritage Center, 8350 Bixel Road, for a look at the critters that our Swiss ancestors had to deal with when they began to build “The Settlement.”
MEDIA RELEASE__Sea captain, surveyor and Ohio's last frontiersman James (NMN) Riley will show up on Saturday, July 4 for Bluffton’s America 250 events. Captain Riley will set his time machine coordinates to arrive at the Presbyterian Church gazebo from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. He will discuss little-known facts about his life as a sea captain and a surveyor, and how Riley Creek was named.
