May 2019

Bluffton Police, Bike Crazy and Bluffton Pediatrics will host a bike rodeo from 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, at the Buckeye park.

The event for youth will include bike riding safety skills, free helmets (limited quantity) and prize drawings.

The students of Krysti’s Music Studio have been working diligently all year and would like to share one of their musical numbers with you.

The upcoming recitals will showcase their talents. There will be different students at each of the recitals. Piano, guitar, violin, voice, and ukulele are some of the instruments that will be performed.

Each recital should not last more than about 30-45 minutes.

A memorial service for Paul Dyck will be held on Sunday, May 19, at 3 p.m. at the First Mennonite. Visitation will be held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at FMC. A private burial will take place at Maple Grove Cemetery.

Paul Dyck Obituary

 

Here is the weather report covering May 7 to 13.

Bluffton council announced several committee meetings and other meetings at Monday's council session. Those meetings follow:

Jefferson St Improvements Phase II Public Meeting – Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Safety Services & Streets Committees – Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m.
Ordinance Committee – Tuesday, May 28 at 6 p.m.
Cemetery Committee – Tuesday, May 28 at 6 p.m.
Council Meeting – Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m.

Benefits Bluffton Child Development Center

A bowling tournament at Southgate Lanes from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, June 14, is a fundraiser for playground equipment at Bluffton Child Development Center.

The previous playground equipment was removed last year, after 26 years of use and repairs. The center currently does not have a proper outdoor playground.

The cost is $20 per person to bowl, but there are 60 pre-paid entries available.  All bowling levels are welcome.

This event will feature raffles, prizes and live music by South of Six.

A Bluffton Pirate Youth Football camp will be Monday through Wednesday, June 3 to 5, from 9 to 11 a.m., at Harmon Field and the Ricky Matter Center.

This year's camp will focus on fundamental football skills, encourage teamwork, and includes a daily guest speaker.

The cost is $30 per camper, which includes instruction, t-shirt, prizes and snacks.

Additional details are on the flyer below. A printer-friendly registration form is in the attachment below.

Siefker Real Estate and Auction Co, Ottawa, will hold a personal property and real estate auction at 5071 Road O, Pandora, at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 8.

The real estate auction is at 10 a.m and includes a .45 acre country lot with a brick and vinyl ranch house built in 1972. The property is in the Pandora-Gilboa school district. The owner is Cricket Dobmeyer and it is the former home of Paul Schutz.

Following the real estate auction, some personal property items will be auctioned (approximately 10:30 a.m.).

They even gave autographs

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Night at the Museum part 2 – Some of history’s most famous men and women stopped in Bluffton briefly last week. They shared some of their career high points – and low points – with an enthusiastic audience of community residents.

There was Louis XIV, Cincinnatus, Shakespeare, Johannes Guttenberg, Rosa Parks, Empress Wu, Mozart, St. Catherine of Siena and many more.

Walk your dog for a good cause

Calling all dogs…and dog owners.

Bluffton’s Relay for Hope plans a “Bark for Life” event at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18, according to Lynda Best.

This is the second canine event in the Bluffton group’s Relay. Here’s how your dog, and you, can participate.

Registration is $25 and those registrants receive a t-shirt.

“Participants will start at Maple Crest at 9:30 and walk the bike path to the Mennonite Home and will have a water break and visit residents who would like to see the dogs for 30-45 minutes." says Best.

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