February 2024 Bluffton Lions update
March-April Lions calendar of events below
By Paula Pyzik Scott
At the February 2024 meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club, new members Mark Bourassa and Dwain Hall were inducted by 1st Vice District Governor Sue Davis.
Mark Bourassa was born in Rochester, NY. He graduated from a high school in Atlanta, Ga. and attended Miami University. He also studied in Luxembourg, where he met his wife, Jackie Bemiller. He earned his Masters degree at Bowling Green State University and PhD from the University of Toledo. Bourassa has worked for 34 years at Bluffton University and is currently Dean of Students.
Dwain Hall is a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and has been a Bluffton resident for three years. He has three daughters and eleven grandchildren. Dwain has worked for Nationwide Insurance Company for 35 years and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. His hobbies include family time, walking, hiking, bicycling, euchre and kayaking.
The Bluffton Lions have announced the following calendar of events for March and April 2024
March 5 - 90th Charter Night - 6:00 p.m. - First Mennonite Church
March 19 - Club meeting noon at Town Hall. Fred Steiner presentation on Ghosts of Bluffton
and 50/50 Charity Raffle Drawing
April 5-6: District Convention
April 11 - Citizen of the Year banquet
April 20 - Pancake/sausage breakfast
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, June 4, 2026
- Eileen Ruth Garmatter was a homemaker
- Elnore Ruth (Rosenberger) Yost taught at Marimor
- WGTE and WBGU create broadcasting partnership
- ICYMI: May 2026 Bluffton Icon Highlights
- Shoppers' journey with Bluffton Small Business Passport has begun
- Middle and high school student activities at BPL
- Local artist Crumrine to teach Watercolor Workshop at Library
- Lacrosse or La Crosse: Game versus virus
- 2027 Senior Center trip planning, June 11
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- Cory-Rawson High School honor roll for fourth quarter, 2025-2026
- Bluffton High School 4th Qtr. Honor Roll for 2025-2026
- June 4 Business Collective speed networking event
- K-2 students invited to weekly dinosaur adventures
- Library program explores indigenous agriculture and heirloom seeds
- May 2026 land transfers in the Bluffton school district
- Register June 18-19-20 garage sales with Bluffton Chamber
- Create a Bike & Flowers painting at BPL
Monday, June 1, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, June 1
- Geraldine "Gerry" Fett was a homemaker
- UPDATED Bluffton gas station employee threatened, suspect arrested May 30
- Maurice “Bill” William Croft, Jr. was a coach and high school teacher
- UPDATE Bluffton pool opening June 1
- What brings you to Bluffton, Ohio in June 2026?
- About free and paid Icon classified ads
- Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster to perform June 12