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, October 29, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 29
- 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