It's a busy month at the Bluffton Public Library in December. Here's the program highlights:
Playgroup program continues at 10 a.m. on Fridays, Dec. 1, 8, 22, and 29. Make a play date and the library will provide the space and toys. There is no playgroup on Dec. 15.
Holiday Movies in the Stacks take place on Fridays, Dec. 1, 8, 22, and 29 at 3:30 p.m. Popcorn and drinks are provided and all movies are rated G or PG. Movies will be announced on the library's social media.
Bluffton council will hear a report from its safety services committee on Monday.
The committee held two meeting earlier this month. On Nov. 14 the committee’s focus was the 2018 police department budget. On Nov. 20 the committee’s focus was on the 2018 fire department and EMS budget.
Don Croy of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership is on the agenda. The village is a member of the partnership.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's basketball team sandwiched wins around a short Thanksgiving break as the Beavers downed Kalamazoo College 86-70 on Saturday, Nov. 25, after knocking off Heidelberg Tuesday night in the Sommer Center. Bluffton improved to 3-1 on the season, while the Hornets stayed winless at 0-2.
Harry and Dorothy Ream started an outdoor lighting display 80 Christmas seasons ago. The tradition continues and the Ream folk art holiday display will light up Bluffton again beginning Saturday evening.
Aaron Antrim customarily views Bluffton from several hundred feet in the air.
On Saturday, he’ll see it from ground level.
Antrim is this year’s Blaze of Lights parade marshal. He is also the lead pilot for Mercy Life Flight 3, based at the Bluffton Airport.
As parade marshal, Antrim will ride in one of the lead vehicles in Saturday’s 5 p.m. Blaze parade. The 1998 Bluffton University graduate is married to Bluffton native Rachel Hilty, a 1996 Bluffton High School grad. The couple lives on Grismore Road with their three sons, Asher, Eden and Levi.
