April 2013

New Leaf Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, announces its large selection of "Everything you need for your lawn and garden" this spring and summer.

The selection includes:
• Nursery stock
• Flowering plants
• Trees and shrubs
• Perennials
• Vegetable seeds and plants
• Garden supplies
• Mulches and soils.

www.newleafgc.com

By Keisha Holtsberry

The Bluffton University softball team lost both games at Anderson University on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The Beavers fell to 15-13 overall and 7-3 in the Heartland Conference.

Apollo Career Center Superintendent Judy Wells is making sure Lima will be front and center this Friday, April 12, when she travels to Columbus, Ohio for The Ohio Jobs and Workforce Development Summit.

Wells will speak about workforce development in our region and how Apollo Career Center and career technical education has been responsive to industry needs; forging innovative partnerships with business and industry. 

By Kyle Stover

The Bluffton University baseball team mounted an offensive explosion on Tuesday, April 9, routing conference opponent Earlham College by a score of 13-5. The Beavers let an early 6-0 lead shrink to just one, but added six more tallies on in the sixth en route to the victory.

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) began a six-month construction project at the Maple Crest campus’s Crimson Maple Court cul-de-sac on April 10.

The $850,000 project will create four new independent living duplex units.  Each unit has a different floor plan and range from 1,617- 1,820 square feet.  Floor plans vary between two and three bedroom floor plans, but all include cathedral ceilings in the great room, a utility room, kitchen (including all appliances), two baths and a two-car garage. 

Several Bluffton council committees have meetings in April. Those meeting dates follow:

April 22 - Street and alley committee, 4 p.m.
April 22 - Safety service committee, 7:15 p.m.
April 22 - Finance committee, 7:30 p.m.
April 22 - Council meeting, 8 p.m.

Also, one council meeting in May was moved to a new date. The Monday, May 27, council meeting was moved to Tuesday, May 28, not to coflict with Memorial Day.

Would you like to improve your Facebook page? Do you want to attract more viewers to your page? Do you have question about social media that you've been afraid to ask?

Don't worry. A free social media workshop sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is planned at 8:45 a.m., Friday, April 12, in the third floor of the town hall.

The event is open to the public, but requires an RSVP to [email protected]. This free workshop could cost $75 or more, but is held as an incentive for persons to join the chamber.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 11. That’s the date of the 42nd annual Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce arts and crafts show. The show is on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is a chamber fundraiser.

The show includes several traditional features and some new ones that will make this year one of the largest is several seasons.

The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will hold a spring tea with a touch of mystery on Thursday, April 11.

The team at 5:45 p.m. in the Richland Room. The cost is $12. Tickets must be purchased in advance at the library front desk.

Clyde W. Augsburger, 84, of Bluffton died April 8, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, surrounded by family.

Mr. Augsburger was born in Bluffton on Oct. 2, 1928, to the late Omar and Fannie (Frankhauser) Augsburger. On July 11, 1948, he married Donna McCullough and she survives.

He grew up in the Pandora and Bluffton areas, attending the Stratton one-room schoolhouse on the Ewing farm his first and second grades in school. When he graduated from Pandora High School in 1946 he began a lifelong career as a farmer.

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