Judy Augsburger, Bluffton mayor, will provide a state of the village update during the Friday, May 12, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast, according to Phil Zimmerly, chamber director.
Breakfast is provided by The Dough Hook and is served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. in the third floor of the town hall. The meeting, sponsored by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, begins at 7:30 a.m.
Music is provided by Kristy's Music Studio and the coffee sponsor is Twisted Whisk Cafe, opening soon.
Blanchard River Watershed Partnership provides some actions that all residents can take to protect water quality. The actions are spelled out in the current partnership newsletter.
The newsletter is attached at the bottom of this story.
The Blanchard Valley Hospital Auxiliary held its annual volunteer recognition banquet April 27.
At the banquet, the Auxiliary presented a check for $220,000 to Blanchard Valley Hospital leadership. The donation will be used to purchase a second UV-C Cleaning Robot. In addition to the second robot, the gift will also be used toward the purchase of a sponge detection system.
BROWN1E - The Icon found this plate on a black Honda Civic near the ONU garage in Ada. It's pretty obvious that the driver is a member of Delta Sigma Phi.
It enables clean up of sediment in streams. The village and Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) will hold a demonstration of the sand wand in early June in Bluffton.
The demo is from 1 to 4 p.m., Friday, June 2, at the fork in the Riley – where the Little Riley meets the Big Riley. If you don't know where the "fork is, it's along Riley Street near the bridge on the west side of Spring Street.
The public is invited to bring waders and try out the sand wand.
