Customers are in for a treat with Bluffton native Andrea Williams now directing pharmacy operations at Greg’s.
Always interested in health care, she once shadowed her aunt – a pharmacist – while in high school.
In 2008, as a senior on the Bluffton High School softball team, she pitched eight winning games in a row – including one no-hitter, although she can’t recall the number of total wins she earned that season on the Pirate team coached by Dan Gillette.
She attended college in Ada as an eventual Ohio Northern University pharmacy grad.
Bluffton Family Recreation in cooperation with St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, announced this winter’s Keeping Active six-week program of free activities.
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From Jan. 16 through Feb. 24 BFR offers free fitness, physical activity, nutrition and general wellness events for youth through seniors, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library announced its meeting schedule for 2017.
Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Board Room at 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. No meetings will take place in July or December.
Board members are Elizabeth Hostetler, president; Bob Beer, vice president; Carrie Phillips, secretary; Amy Lehman-Mikesell, Robert Scott, Emily VonStein and Nancy Yeager.
Saturday, Jan. 21, is National Popcorn Day and Shirley'ls Gourmet Popcorn Co., is all set for the event, according to Pete Suter.
Here's the message Suter sent to his customers about the event:
We'll be celebrating at our stores in Bluffton and Lima with free fresh-popped theatre style popcorn for everyone. Plus, all bags of every flavor are buy-one-get-one-free (equal or lesser value, limit 2).
Allen-Hardin County Day of Action organization will hold a candlelight vigil in Bluffton on Sunday, Jan. 15, to voice quesitons in the transition period from the Nov. 8 election day to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 21.
Persons interested in participanting will meet at the Bluffton post office, 132 S. Main St. After a brief sharing time, the group will walk to Bluffton’s town hall, 154 N. Main St.
According to event planners, "The purpose of this gathering is to voice questions that have risen in the transition period from election day to the inauguration Jan. 21.
Ken Lugibihl will lead the Bluffton school board in 2017. He was elected board president at the Jan. 9 reorganization meeting. Here are other board appointments:
Julie Stratton of The Black Lab, 121 N. Main St., will present a free marketing workshop following Friday's chamber breakfast in the town hall.
In the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs-sponsored workshop Stratton will present five key things that will help keep your business current with trends and keep your brand fresh to your customers.
She will provide practical tips on marketing, events, timing and managing fear and risk.
Harold Eugene Lehman, 84, died on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio, where he resided since December 2014.
Harold was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Lancaster County, Pa., to Daniel and Ada (Hossler) Lehman who preceded him in death. On Feb. 3, 1954, he married Beulah (Kinsey) Lehman who died Aug. 5, 1998. On Nov. 18, 2000, he married Bonnie (Krantz) Lehman who survives.
