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
Friday, August 22, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Cheryl Anise Pingle worked at Dayspring Church
- Lima Highway Patrol OVI checkpoint August 22
- Pirate VB sweeps Rockets
- Pirate boys drop golf tri
- Bluffton Board of Education hears neighbor comments on practice field, approves Lawn Ave. plan
- United Way of Greater Lima holds 9th annual Day of Caring on Sept. 5
- Village of Beaverdam announces committee meetings
- An amazing sign of fall 2025
- August 23 Bluffton Cars & Coffee
- If You Could Read My Mind: GLP-1s and memory
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
- Village of Bluffton reminder of electric aggregation provider, solicitor permit requirements
- Previews of Bluffton Senior Center trips for 2026
- English Lutheran Church to provide Community Meal, August 21
- Welcome back to Bluffton Beavers
- Pirate football reloads for run at NWC crown
- Pirate volleyball swept by Shawnee
- Pirate girls golf loss to Fort Loramie
- Pirate girls tennis edged by Spartans
- Made In Ada Wilson Football Festival kicks of season August 23