WAPAKONETA, Ohio – On July 8-9, 2022, the Bluffton Sardines were repeat performers bringing home the WOAL trophy for the second year in a row. Both the boys and the girls teams placed first out of eight teams in the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet Western Ohio Aquatics League Championship at the Wapakoneta Community Pool.
The Bluffton Sardines Swim Club won the team, boys, and girls competitions at the 40th annual Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9, in the Wapakoneta Community Pool. Go HERE for details. PHOTO by Jamie Nygaard.
The ONU mobile clinic will next visit Bluffton from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on July 29 at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main. St.
In partnership with Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise Mobile Clinic, which provides health and wellness services to regional residents, will be adding Our Daily Bread community center, 125 S. Central Ave., Lima, as a monthly clinic location.
The Hardin County Astronomy Club is hosting a "First Light" viewing event on Tuesday, July 12 to celebrate that day’s unveiling of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The event begins at 5:00 p.m. in the Veterans Meeting Hall at the courthouse in Kenton, and all are welcome to attend.
That question asked by two earlier generations of Bluffton residents quite possibly meant a railroad trip, beginning and ending in Bluffton.
In an earlier story posted on Bluffton Forever you will find a story about Bluffton residents taking the train to Chicago to the 1893 World’s Fair. Click HERE for that story.
The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team is in first place out of eight teams after the first day of the 40th annual Western Ohio Aquatic League championship meet at the Wapakoneta Community Pool on Friday, July 8.
Bluffton leads the overall combined team standings, followed by meet host Wapak.
Over 500 swimmers on eight teams are competing in the two-day event.
Swimming resumes Saturday morning at Wapakoneta with the second and final day of competition.
Results are attached with Bluffton relay teams and individuals highlighted in green.
