April 2018

By Sam Brauen, www.blufftonpirates.com
(BLUFFTON) - The Bluffton Track & Field team hosted a tri-match against Pandora-Gilboa and McComb Tuesday evening.  Team results are not available but here are the individual results for Pirate athletes.  

Times, heights and distances were skewed by the continued cold and windy weather.  

Girls 100
Olivia Setzer - 3rd
Maria Spallinger - 4th

Girls 200
Maria Spallinger - 6th

Girls 400
Lucie Fett - 1st

By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(BLUFFTON) - Ottoville scored three runs in the third inning which was enough to win a 3-0 non-conference battle Wednesday evening.  Bluffton falls to 2-4 with the loss. 

Senior Cole Fruchey pitched well for Bluffton, making it into the sixth inning and holding the Big Green to just two hits and striking out four.  Freshman Evan Mayden got the final five outs for BHS including two strikeouts.  Mayden gave up no hits.  

Registration now underway

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold two junior high basketball leagues in May, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

Boys’ league
League play for the 7th grade boys’ league is on Tuesdays
League play for the 8th grade boys’ league is on Mondays

Girls’ league
League play for the 7th grade girls’ league is on Thursdays
League play for the 8th grade girls’’ league is on Wednesdays

Tickets are on sale for an authentic afternoon English tea from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 5, at Bystillwaters Bistro, 112 Vine St., Bluffton.

Tickets are on sale at Bluffton Hospital gift shop and at the Bistro. Tickets are $30 per person and the event is limited to 30 persons, age 12 and up.

Heather Cox of the Bistro will discuss proper tea etiquette and how teas originated in England.

She will serve an authentic English tea with homemade finger sandwiches, tea cakes and scones with clotted cream.

Attire is "posh frocks" (hats and dresses.

On April 18 Choice One Engineering will provide projects overview

Village of Bluffton will hold a public meeting on West Elm Street improvements at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, in the third floor of the town hall, according to Jesse Blackburn, assistant village administrator.

The following letter was sent to property owners affected:

This letter is to invite you to a public meeting to present the design of the W. Elm St. Improvements Project prepared by Choice One Engineering.  The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18. The following agenda will be used to guide the discussion:

The Bluffton tree commission will meet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 8, in the first floor of the Bluffton town hall, according to Nancy Benroth.

Food sampling and demonstrations of what Jesus ate; RSVPs required

The idea of dining with God becomes a reality on Thursday, April 26, at Bystillwaters Bistro, 112 Vine St.

Heather Cox, Bistro owner, plans an open house with demonstrations and food sampling on that theme.

“On April 26, we will offer all authentic food typical of what Jesus may have eaten in the first century,” she said.

Cox asks that persons interested in attending should RSVP to 567-242-2284, or stop in the Bistro. Sample servings take place from 6 to 8 p.m. with a food demonstration at 6:30 p.m.

The evening is free, and donations are accepted.

Pandora Missionary Church, 300 Rocket Ridge Way, Pandora, will hold a Cinco de Mayo “who dunit mystery dinner.”

The dinner is at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5, at the church. The dinner theme centers on the idea that the 10 commandments are missing and some needs to solve the mystery.

The dinner is open to persons 18 and older – no childcare will be provided. The meal includes a taco bar.

Banito Rodriguez is the featured speaker. Dress is casual. Seating is reserved and donations are accepted at the door.

The Blanchard River Watershed  Partnership has received word that the U.S. EPA in Chicago has given their final approval to the nine element non-point source implementation strategy plan (NPS-IS Plan) written for the Tiderishi Creek watershed in Hancock County, according to Phil Martin, watershed coordinator.

The EPA requires that there be an approved NPS-IS Plan written for each 12-digit HUC watershed before that watershed can receive federal funding. There are 30 HUC-12 watersheds in the Blanchard River Watershed.

 ArtSpace/Lima, 65-67 Town Square, Lima, will host an opening reception for Spring Show 2018 on Friday, April 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.  The reception is free and open to the public, according to Bill Sullivan, director.

Spring Show 2018 is the 63rd  edition of ArtSpace’s signature exhibit. Entries are accepted from within a 100-mile radius of Lima in the following categories:  painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, digital art and mixed media. 

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