Dr. Jed Marquart and a group of students from Ohio Northern University went flying in Georgia this spring. One student in the group was Logan Kingen, a junior mechanical engineering major from Pandora.
The team of students from ONU's Smull College of Engineering, led by Marquart, professor of mechanical engineering and the team's advisor, competed in the Lockheed Martin / Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design 2012 competition, hosted by Georgia Model Aviators.
Twenty high school students from across Ohio, including Zach Cozadd a Bluffton High School and Apollo Career Center student, will put their knowledge of automobiles to the test as they compete in the 63rd annual Ford/AAA Auto Skills State Competition at Owens Community College on Thursday, May 10.
The contest will occur from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the College's Center for Emergency Preparedness on the Toledo-area Campus in Perrysburg Township.
Cozaad and Apollo team members Sebastian Moneer of Spencerville have quaified to compete.
Love to golf? Love your library? Put the two together and you get the "Birdies for Bookworms" Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 9. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bluffton Public Library and offers many fun ways to support the local library.
Golfers can join Mayor Eric Fulcomer for a scramble event at the Bluffton Golf Club including green fees, cart, continental breakfast and lunch for $50. There will also be a skins game, proximity prizes and door prizes for golfers.
On May 9 at approximately 5:44 p.m., Bluffton police were called to First Mennonite Church. Police report a 39-year-old woman was in the church when she was confronted by an unknown man.
The man approached her and demanded she hand over her money. The woman fled toward an escape and the man did not follow her. The man is described as approximately 6 foot, lanky build, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, gloves and a mask.
Anyone with information should contact Bluffton police at 419-358-2961.
A summer fundraiser by Bluffton Diamond Sports will provide 26 raffle drawings in June where participants could win anywhere from $25 or $50.
Here's how it works:
Raffle tickets are available at $10 each. Each ticket purchased is good for cash drawings every Monday through Saturday for the month of June, making 26 drawings. There are no drawings on Sundays. The prize value of each day is listed on each ticket. Each ticket has the ability to be a multiple winner through the entire month.
Hey bicycle riders. Interested in a "group ride"? According to Raymond and Liz Harner of CG Pro Bikes, Columbus Grove, two group rides are planned next week.
Here's the plan:
Monday, May 14, at 6 p.m. the group ride departs from the CG Pro Bikes parking lot, and all are welcome. All ages and skill levels. These are 'No Drop' rides, meaning no one gets left behind. The group generally stays in a pack.
And on Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. the group ride from the bike shop will be a "ladies only" ride.
