The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library are hosting the Birdies for Bookworms Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 4, 2011. The event supports literacy and lifelong learning in Bluffton and will help the Bluffton Public Library weather a more than 30 percent reduction in state funding.
The Friends are seeking door prize donations and sponsorships from businesses and individuals, including tributes to loved ones.
Sponsor levels include: $1,000 - William Shakespeare; $500 - Charles Dickens; $250 - John Grisham; $100 - Dr. Seuss; $50 - Hole Sponsor.
Put the two together and you get the Birdies for Bookworms Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 4. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bluffton Public Library and offers many fun ways to support the local library.
Golfers can join Mayor Fred Rodabaugh for a scramble event at the Bluffton Golf Club including cart, continental breakfast and lunch for $50.
Bluffton council's Fire and Rescue meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 9, has been canceled. In its place, a 7:30 p.m. utility committee meeting has been scheduled, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
The Bluffton University softball team had its chances, stranding 10 runners, but the Beavers came up just short as Anderson opened the 2011 Heartland Conference Tournament with a 2-1 victory. Bluffton fell to 19-15 on the season, while the Ravens improved to 25-12 with the victory. A seven-run second inning powered host Transylvania to a 10-2 mercy-rule victory over the Beavers, ending Bluffton's season on the first day of the HCAC tournament.
Janet K. Shulaw-Hampp, 67 died at 5:29 p.m. after a battle with pancreatic cancer at her daughter's residence in Lima.
She was bon on Sept. 4, 1943 in Kenton, Ohio to Ralph and Naomi (Grabow) Wise who preceded her in death. On Sept. 3, 1962, she married Paul L. Shulaw Jr. who died Dec. 16, 2001.
On Oct. 16, 2006 she married Darrell E. Hampp of Wapakoneta who survives.
She graduated from Cory-Rawson High School and later from from Lima School of Practical Nursing.
Bluffton's sesquicentennial planning committee will meet three more times prior to the June 24-July 2 celebration, according to Bev Amstutz, chair of the committee.
Meetings are at 7 p.m. in the third floor of the town hall. Meeting dates are Thursday, May 12, June 2 and June 9.
Additional meetings scheduled will be listed here.
