Bluffton's traditional Memorial Day observation is Monday, May 30. A parade and ceremony is sponsored by the Bluffton American Legion Post 382.
The parade forms at 9:15 a.m. in front of the town hall and begins at 9:30 a.m. Parade units include the Bluffton High School marching band, scout and Legion members.
The parade will conclude at Maple Grove Cemetery. A service there is planned at 10 a.m. Don Klinger, a former U.S. Marine Corps Presidential Helicopter pilot, is the speaker.
The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will hold its annual Memorial Day chicken barbecue on Monday, May 30. Serving is in the Citizens National Bank parking lot from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tickets are $7 and are available in advance from any member of the Legion post or from the John Wagner Nationwide Agency.
Dinners include one-half barbecue chicken, baked potato, green beans and roll. Dinners are for carry-out. Drive-through pick-up service is available.
The Hancock County Sheriff's Office will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across the country for the 2011 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization, May 23-June 5.
During the mobilization, officers will be cracking down on motorists who fail to wear their seat belts - both day and night.
Bluffton Public Library will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.
Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, check out the library's Facebook page or call 419-358-5016.
AEP weather warning summary: Western Ohio - Clusters of severe T-Storms likely. Damaging 4-8 p.m. today - Winds 60+ m.p.h.
Northern Ohio is in the path of severe weather later today, according to AEP. Strong upper-level winds, ample sunshine and very unstable conditions suggest clusters thunderstorms will erupt this afternoon across Indiana and Michigan.
Trinity Lutheran School's graduation will be held on Sunday, May 29, in the 10:30 a.m. service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera.
Megan Ritter is the class speaker. The class members are: Kenzie Jordan Alge, Anna Marie Curth, Jacob Curdes Edwards, Megan Blair Ritter, Kyle Andrew Sands and Kyle Wayne Strahm.
