If you want to know what is happening when in Bluffton, one easy place to check is the entrance window to Greg's Pharmacy. Actually, looking at the entire window, the view is sort of a mosaic of information. It includes posters of most events worth checking into in the village.
Bluffton Mayor Fred Rodabaugh would like to have the now-closed car wash at the corner of Vance and Elm cleaned up. In a 20-minute Bluffton council meeting on Aug. 9, where little action except reports were given, the mayor closed the meeting stating:" I want something done (about the former car wash). It's a commercial area they (the owners) are ignoring. We've sent them letters. They haven't done anything for six months.
I was born, and grew up, on a farm in central Illinois, just outside the tiny town of Meadows. If you've ever driven across Illinois on US Route 24, you've driven right past my home. It's in amongst all the corn, soybean and oats fields. By the time I was born, our house had electricity, a bathroom, and running water. Some of my friends were not so fortunate.
BFR's Bluffton Coed Adult Softball League finishes the season with a tournament Aug. 9-11. The nine teams are involved in tournament play Monday through Wednesday nights (games at 6 p.m.and 7:15 p.m. Monday, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday) at the Bluffton village park. The semi-final games will be played at 6 p.m. Wednesday with the final game at 7:15 p.m.
