Bluffton's Memorial Day observance is Monday, May 29. Here is information about the day from the Bluffton American Legion Post 382.
• Anyone wishing to be in the parade, be in line by 9:15 a.m.
• Time of the parade: 9:30 a.m.
• Parade line up: Bluffton town hall
• Ceremonies: Maple Grove Cemetery
• Memorial Day speaker: Tim Wilmetta, pastor of the Bluffton First United Methodist Church and chaplain for the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership is sponsoring a river clean-up in Ottawa on Saturday, May 20.
Volunteers interested in helping remove trash and debris from the river are invited to meet at Arrow Head Park, 615 West Main St., Ottawa, at 9 a.m. The event ends at noon.
Buckets, trash containers and drinking water will be provided. Volunteers are asked to bring their own personal protective gear for working along the riverbank. Additional information can be found at www.blanchardriver.org.
Beginning in June, and through the months of July and August, the Bluffton Pandora Swiss Community Historical Society will be open for self-guided or docent led tours every Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Schumacher Homestead.
Visitors will be able to tour the house, garden, summer kitchen, and workshop.
In addition, the barn will be open on the last Saturday of each of the three months. Public admission to the Homestead is $5 per person; however, current members of the Society and children 16 and under are admitted free.
Candace Downing, a Columbus Grove High School senior, is the recipient of the 2017 Barbara Fleming Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship is sponsored by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), of Bluffton and Pandora.
Downing plans to attend Wright State University in the fall, where she will enroll in its nursing program. Her parents are Craig and Lynn Downing of Columbus Grove.
