Lynda Best of Bluffton is one of eight winners of this year’s Jefferson Awards from Allen County.
Locally the awards are presented by the Lima News, Your Hometown Stations, the United Way of Greater Lima and Husky Energy.
One of the eight Allen County winners will be chosen March 27 to attend the national Jefferson Awards banquet, held in Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Awards are given to local unsung heroes alongside national figures. The mission of the awards is to power others to have maximum impact on the things they care about most.
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A pre-season vendor's meeting for one of the largest small town farmers' markets in northwestern Ohio is in early April.
The Bluffton Farmers' Market vendors' meeting is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, in the Bluffton town hall, according to Greg Probst, market director. This is the 13th season for the market.
Bluffton council will meet as a committee of the whole immediately following the regular Monday, March 26, council meeting. The meeting of the whole concerns personnel and will take place immediately following the regular session.
The meeting is in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.
Jack Frost and Mother Nature had the last laugh as spring marched in like a snowman over the evening of the first day of spring.
Jamie Nygaard shares several views of the rude awakening. School in Bluffton and several surrounding districts started the morning of March 21 with a 2-hour delay and eventually cancelled classes for the day.
St. John Mennonite Church mission festival Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, featured Dan Wolgemuth, president of Youth for Christ-USA, as its keynote speaker.
Wolgemuth shared about the ministry of Youth for Christ during a Saturday breakfast and spoke in the two Sunday morning services. In addition, other area mission organizations were represented during the festival. (Jamie Nygaard photos)
Six new Our Version of Adult Learning (OVAL) classes planned this spring by the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, according to Tonya Meyer, director.
• Thursday, March 29 – At the Bluffton Airport, 1080 Navajo Drive, 10 a.m. – Aaron Antrim will give a program on Life Flight. Register in advance for this class. There is no fee to attend.
