When the Toledo Zoo comes to the library, you never know what animals they will bring with them. Yesterday it was a spotted turtle. The zoo speaker explained why the turtle has spots and what the turtle senses when touched. Also shared with students was a coyote skull and wolf hide. The zoo is breeding spotted turtles to eventually release them.
Lauran Brown ’18 of Norwalk, admits she wasn’t the best student in high school. “I did my school work, but I didn’t really care as much as I should have,” said Brown.
However, her attitude changed when she became an accounting major at Bluffton University. Brown recently earned both the Certified Management Accountant Scholarship and the Roger CPA Review scholarship.
America in Bloom judges are coming to Bluffton. That means next week the village is on display.
The judges will tour Bluffton on Thursday and Friday, July 20 and 21, and score the community in various categories.
Susie Stratton, assisting in Bluffton’s preparations for judging, suggests residents clean their yards, weed gardens and consider that the entire village is on display.
There are many benefits to the community should Bluffton receive a good judging report.
All youth who are age 4 by July 1 through 5th grade are invited to register for Operation Arctic this year's theme for the Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School.
This year the community VBS will be held at English Lutheran Church, 111 Grove St., from Sunday, July 16, through Thursday, July 20. VBS is held from 6 to 8 p.m. each evening. There is no cost for VBS.
