Events

Bluffton's Memorial Day Program on May 30, 2022:

Parade Lineup - 9:15 a.m. 

Start of Parade - 9:30 a.m. 

Memorial Day Program at Maple Grove Cemetery - 10:00 a.m. 

Bubba's BBQ Chicken Dinner from 11:30 a.m -1:00 p.m. Citizens National Bank Parking lot.

American Legion Post 382 members are selling chicken dinner tickets for $10; they will be on sale on Saturdays in May at the Bluffton Farmers Market, 102 S. Main.

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School baseball team was seeded 12th at the 13-team Elida district Div. III sectional drawing Sunday, May 8.

The Pirates (3-15) will host 13th seed Parkway (2-15) in sectional first round play Wednesday, May 18 at 5 p.m.

The winner advances to the sectional finals Friday, May 20 at top seed Pemberville Eastwood.

The district finals will be held at Elida May 26/28.

Coldwater (13-5) was seeded second, while Columbus Grove (13-4) was voted third.

Eighth annual event on July 16

The Bluffton Lions Foundation is ready to host riders in the eighth annual Bluffton Ride to Remember on July 16, 2022, a fundraiser for Bluffton bike and pedestrian pathways.

Several vendors with Bluffton connections will be featured from 5:00-9:00 p.m. in the May 6 Spring ArtWalk in Findlay, Ohio.

  • Barb Lockard, Visually Distressed – Written Word
  • hand + home co
  • Laura Barnhardt Corle – Watercolor and Printmaking
  • Linda Renee Pottery
  • Philip Sugden – Ink & Oils
  • Rustic Bendz – Silverware and Repurposed Jewelry

For locations and an expanded list of participants, visit https://visitfindlay.com/ArtWalk 

The Cube Ice Arena in Findlay, Ohio will host a charity hockey game between the FOP 109 Warthogs and the Toledo Police Hockey team at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6 with proceeds to benefit the family of Officer Dominic Francis of the Bluffton Police Department.

The game is part of the Hockey Helping Heroes initiative of the First Responder Face-Off Foundation. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with puck drop at 7:00 p.m. The Cube is located at 3430 N Main St. in Findlay.

The 2022 Bluffton Trout Derby hosted by the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club at Buckeye Lake awarded plenty of prizes, but not the ultimate lure of $2,900 for catching the #1 trout "Big Tom" named for Tom Diller. The longest fish was caught by Nate Crawford, who won $50.

The mild weather and opportunity to fish for prizes drew dozens of anglers. They circled the lake and tested the waters by boat from 2:00-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1. The results of the raffles are as follows:

50/50 $1,400 - Brittany Webb

Spring Raffle winners

1/4 Beef - Darlene Pierce of McComb

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