Eli Bourassa is theson of Mark and Jackie Bourassa, Bluffton. Eli is a member of the BMS band and plays the saxophone. He attends St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, and also participates on the BFR indoor soccer team.
The Bluffton University baseball program will host a hitting camp for players in grades 5-8 on Sunday, Jan. 16, and another for players in grades 9-12 on Sunday, Jan. 23. Each session will run from 1-4 p.m.; cost is $35, which includes a camp shirt.
Campers will be instructed in the fundamentals of hitting and will get a number of swings through a variety of drills. Individualized instruction will be provided by Bluffton coaches and players, who set Bluffton season records in 2010 for hits (424), RBI (239), home runs (31) and total bases (618).
Public health is joining the list of academic programs offered by Bluffton University to help meet society's increasing need for health care and social services professionals.
A major and minor in public health will be available to Bluffton undergraduates beginning next fall, and the university has hired Dr. Ross Kauffman, who holds both master of public health and doctoral degrees in epidemiology, to head the program.
That's one of the lessons Bluffton elementary students are learning this month as pennies and other coins are collected for a Pennies for Peace service learning project.
Bluffton American Legion Post 382 presented an American flag to the Bluffton Golf Course on Dec. 9. The presentation was made in appreciation to the golf course's support during the legion's first-ever golf outing this past summer.
Fred Arnold and Sam Reineke, co-chairs of the golf event, made the presentation to Floyd, Wendy and Luke Young of the golf course.
Actually, this title should read: News in Lima. A Village of Bluffton flag (see photo) flies high above the Allen County Museum on Market Street Lima, thanks to the efforts of Richard Boehr of Bluffton. The Bluffton flag shares equal time with the City of Lima flag and the American flag at the museum.
The museum recently opened its newly expanded addition, and the flags were hoisted up the flag pole.
The Bluffton flag is red and white and has the imagine of the town hall on it.
Bluffton police chief Rick Skilliter released the November activity summary on Dec. 13. To view the report, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
The cost of health insurance hit home on Dec. 13. Bluffton council renewed its health insurance for 2011 with Medical Mutual of Ohio. The cost increase to the village is 49 percent over 2010 rates.
Council also approved a three-year contract extension Stephen Chamberlain as village solicitor at the same compensation level as the previous contract.
Both those actions followed a 20-minute executive session by council.
