Bluffton Relay for Life Run for Hope 5k will be held June 20. The race will start and finish at Bluffton Sports and Fitness.
Registration starts at 7:30, and the race begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration is $20 and includes a shirt if registered by June 5. After June 5, registration. Is $25.
Forms are available at Village Cut & Curl, Polished, or call: Lynda Best 419-296-2790. Checks should be mad payable to Bluffton for Hope.
The Bluffton Senior Citizens’ Center will hold an informational meeting covering the topics of identity theft, financial victimization and elder abuse on Thursday, April 23, at 2 p.m. According to San Francisco-based Javelin Strategy and Research, two-thirds of 2014's identity theft victims had been notified data breach victims.
The Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series celebrates their five year anniversary with a concert by Joseph Helfrich on Thursday, April 23, from 7-9 p.m. Helfrich is a folk singer, multi-instrumentalist, and storyteller who has been performing in public for over 25 years. He has been a full-time musician since 1992, and specializes in vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, recorders and the mountain dulcimer. His programs include a wide variety of musical styles as well as humor. Joseph has a large repertoire for children and adults and tailors the program to fit the occasion.
What's on your Saturday morning schedule? We suggest a visit to the town hall third floor. It will put a little art in your life.
The art students of Krysti’s Music Studio will present an art show from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 11, on the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.
Students whose work will be represented include Brice Hogan, Kaelynn Holland and Danielle Novak. Teachers are Vickie Garmon and Abby Graber.
The event is free and open to the public. Students are to answer questions about their pieces. Light refreshments will be served.
• First: Don't you love the glare of the newly painted Bluffton High School basketball court?
• Second: It’s the third annual “Battle of the Badges” basketball game: Bluffton fire department vs. Bluffton police department.
The contest is at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 12, at Bluffton University’s Sommer Center. Admission is free. Donations are accepted at the door for the Bluffton Community Assistance Program. The police hold a 2-0 edge in this tightly-fought series.
The Swiss Community Historical Society's spring meeting is at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 19, at Maple Crest Patio Room.
One of the program's focus is the dulcimer.
According to Wendy Chappell-Dick:" The mountain dulcimer is truly an American original, first made and played in the Appalachian region. But did you know there is a direct linkage of this instrument to the early German immigrants to Pennsylvania, including Mennonites?
