Here are this year's Bluffton Lions $500 scholarship recipients
The Bluffton Lions Club award six senior graduates $500 scholarships each for this year.
Proceeds from the “Shopping Spree” and donations provided for these scholarships.
In the photo members of the scholarship committee and the winners. From left to right,Lions Barbara Plaugher, Colleen Lazar, John Rich, Ron Lora and Jo Croft. Lions Jesse Blackburn and Kyle Leatherman also served on the committee.
Winners are Kendra Tuttle, Cory-Rawson; Mariah Burkholder, Cory-Rawson; Mackenzie Swary,Pandora-Gilboa; and Shea Watkins,Pandora-Gilboa.
Emma Woodruff and Olivia Sneary, both of Bluffton were also winners; however, they were unable to attend the Lions Club meeting on June 16th for this recognition.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Bluffton chamber welcomes six new members in October 2026
- Scam talk with Chief Ryan Burkholder
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Peanut brittle time at the Senior Center begins Nov. 9
- Bluffton University Forum explores faith, hope and care for creation
- Business Collective networking night, Nov. 5
- Radio play staging of It's a Wonderful Life on Nov. 29
- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
- If only we could put these fall days on pause
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
- Beavers sports roundup, October 19-25
- Ada Icon headlines, October 26
- November 13 fish fry at Emmanuel UCC
- Citizens National Bank customer appreciation day, October 30
- Bluffton University offers free agricultural and environmental field trips
- Trinity Trunk or Treat, October 31
- Public invited to Bluffton Lions program with President Sider