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Elder Victim Ministry offers tips to stay safe

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is Tuesday, June 15. 

Elder Victim Ministry, a program of Crime Victim Services, will provide Put up Your Guard against Scams packets in area agencies serving the elder population. The program is funded by a Cares Act grant.     

The packets include a grocery bag, pen, notepad and a scam tips card to place by the phone or refrigerator. 

Three summer sessions beginning June 21 at Bluffton pool

Bluffton swimming pool swim lesson sign-ups are underway. Here’s what you need to know:
Session 1 – June 21-July 2
Session 2 – July 5-July 15
Session 3 – July 19-July 30

Lessons take place from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Fridays are makeup days. Contact the pool for registration.

Cost is $35 per child for families with swim passes or $45 per child for families without swim passes.

So, you think you know Bluffton? These steps are go from the parking lot to Marsh Run in the Buckeye park - Main Street side.

This year's bike event returns in person with the theme "Back in the saddle again!"

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will Zoom on Friday morning (June 11) to the topic of July’s Ride to Remember, according to Paula Scott, chamber CEO.

Members may join the teleconference at 7:20 a.m. by phone or video link. RSVP to [email protected] to attend.

Ron Headings, the bike ride chair, will lead a discussion on this year’s ride, scheduled for Saturday, July 10.

This is the 7th year for the ride. Last year’s event was virtual, making this year’s appropriate ride theme “Back in the saddle again!”

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

Ohio National Guard will end its participation in the program in July

Ohio National Guard Major Gen. John Harris announced that he has directed July 2, as the end of all missions at all food banks across the state of Ohio.

National Guard troops have been working side by side with West Ohio Food Bank staff, partner agencies, and volunteers since March 25, 2020, all through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statement from West Ohio Food Bank CEO Tommie Harner:

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