On October 16, a Halloween-themed tournament capped the first season of a co-ed sand volleyball league offered by Bluffton Family Recreation in partnership with Southgate Lanes. Team Pac Man won best costume honors (and a $120 prize) and Team Dominoes won for tournament play (and a $500 first place prize). Northwest Ohio Water Doctor was the main sand volleyball sponsor for the 2021 season.
The Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N Main St, will have Saturday hours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in November and in December until Christmas to provide extra shopping hours for crafts made at the center.
The Senior Center will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov 26.
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 7, Alloway Environmental Testing CEO John Hoffman will present a program on his first-hand experience of Water for People, a project that helps provide clean drinking water in underdeveloped countries like Malawi.
The program will take place in St. John’s United Church of Christ, 223 W. College Avenue. Coffee and dessert will be served. Social distancing will be observed and masks are required. Please register at blufftonstjohns.com/events.
One of my favorite quotes is by Walt Disney. He was quoted to say that “it’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” Disney would point out that you need to focus on the big picture and it takes courage to fight for your dreams. He successfully won 22 Academy Awards. His first Academy Award was in 1932 for the Best Short Subject (Cartoon) for the film Flowers and Trees. He was given an Honorary Academy Award the same year for his creation of Mickey Mouse. In 1939, he received an Honorary Academy Award for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The October 25 Village of Bluffton council meeting was dominated by two public hearings involving real estate development. Both items were approved by Council as described below.
Linda M. Hilty, 78, passed away October 25, 2021 at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Linda was born December 9, 1942 in Lima to the late Thomas and Mary (Conkle) Long. On December 1, 1968 she married Gary Hilty.
Linda was a 1960 graduate of Elida High School. She had worked in the audit department at City Loan in Lima, helped run the H and H Market in Pandora and sold Avon products for many years. Linda was an active member of Pandora United Methodist Church. She was an avid reader and enjoyed her many family vacations.
On Friday, October 29, St. John's United Church of Christ, 223 W College Ave., is having a drive-thru spaghetti dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (or until food runs out).
The church will accept free-will donations with proceeds to be used for outreach projects.
Patrons should enter the drive-thru area from Jackson St parking lot entrance (the church is located at the corner of Jackson and College).
Trick or Treat weather is looking a little wet! BFR, 215 Snider Rd., would like to invite anyone who would like to pass out candy (and stay dry) in to our building on Thursday, October 28, during Trick or Treat.
This year we will have trick or treaters enter through the gym. They can visit whoever is in the gym, then those who are in the arena before exiting the main doors. This way there is not traffic jam in the lobby.
Please let us know ASAP if you would like to come pass out candy here.
