Several committee meetings are on the Bluffton council schedule in March. Those follow:
March 6 – Street and alley, 5:30 p.m.
March 7 – Tree Commission
March 18 – Special council meeting,
awarding Jefferson Street project contracts, 7 p.m.
March 25 – Public hearing, Jefferson Street improvements, 7:15 p.m.
Bluffton seniors will hear about “upcycling” -no, it’s not bicycling - during the Senior Center Association’s noon, Monday, March 11, dinner meeting, according to Tonya Meyer.
Chrissy Lugibihl, Et Cetera Shop manager, will show some objects made from used items, much like the rag rugs made from old blue jeans at the Center.
This is a potluck meal and members are invited to bring a dish to share, plus a place setting.
Several additional events are on the Center’s March calendar. Those follow:
Here are recent results from Bluffton University baseball and softball teams in Florida this week.
Baseball
FORT MYERS, Fla. - After kicking off the season with two wins, the Beavers dropped a pair on Monday, March 4, to Moravian (11-8) and Ohio-rival Otterbein University (8-3). Bluffton fell to 2-2 on the year with seven games left in the Sunshine State.
University junior Parker Reynolds (Avon) earnd the first Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week award for the 2019 baseball season. It marks his first Hitter of the Week award as a Beaver.
Vendors with non-commercial arts and crafts are invited to register for the 48th annual Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, May 11. The 9 a.m.-3 p.m. street-festival style show is held on Bluffton’s charming Main Street and includes attractions for the whole family, including food, live music, and children’s activities.
Six Bluffton High School wrestlers competed at the wrestling district tournament over the weekend.
Of the six, DeAndre Nassar earned a first place title and advances to state tournament, maintaining his undefeated season. Other Pirate wrestlers at district follow:
All photos by Amy Mortimer.
• Tayton Kleman - 106 pound weight class
• Kadin Basil - 113 pound weight class
• Jeremy Sturgeon - 126 pound weight class
• Josh Mehaffie - 138 pound weight class
• Jackson Wilson - 160 pound weight class
Some street closing changes were modified this week involving the West Elm Street project underway by Hohenbrink Excavating.
Originally it was announced that the street would be open to thru traffic in the evening. That is not the case. West Elm Street will be completely closed in the evenings.
The Project will be broken into two phases for the street removal work:
• Phase 1 - Bentley Road to Diller Road
• Phase 2 - Diller Road to Spring Street
Bluffton resident Greg Ring, director of training and development at K&M Tire, Delphos, was recently featured in a front page story about K&M in "Tire Business," the bi-weekly tire dealer trade newspaper.
Ring addressed tire dealers during the Delphos wholesale distributor’s 2019 dealer conference held in Dallas, Texas. His photo was the feature photo of the issue accompanying the story.
Over 1,000 persons representing 500 different dealer locations plus 45 vendors attended K&M’s dealer conference.
