April 2022

The Monday night ladies' golf league at Hidden Creek Golf Course and Bluffton Golf Club welcomes new playes for their April 25-August 29 season.

  • 5:30 p.m. start time
  • 9 holes of golf - walk or ride
  • A variety of skill levels
  • No make-up games when you can't make it
  • $25.00 league fee for the season
  • No partner needed - Pair up with a foursome each week

There are also skin games available by flights, weekly fun events, points earned throughout the season. Players can try the opportunity without paying a league fee.

By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

Columbus Grove High School has formed a winter guard team and competed in the Ohio Indoor Performance Association (OIPA) circut for the first time. Winter guard is an indoor competitive activity with routines combining dance, spinning flags, sabres and rifles.

The Columbus Grove High School Winterguard is under the direction of Justina Fuqua-Black and assistant director Maddy Ditto.

9:30 a.m. at former LiCo parking lot

Bluffton Clean Up volunteers will be meeting at 9:30 a.m. on April 23 at the old KFC/LiCo parking lot, 415 OH-103, to clean the State Route103 area.

Note the following if you are interested in participating:

  • Please wear bright clothing so you will be visible to traffic.
  • Children are welcome under the supervision of an accompanying adult.
  • Please bring your own gloves.
  • Trash bags will be provided. 

Garrett O'Reilly (Galena/Orange) has been named the Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week after helping Bluffton University to a pair of Good Friday victories at Earlham College over the weekend. O'Reilly follows on the heels of freshman Andrew Collinsworth (Westerville/Westerville South) who was honored a week earlier after a complete game victory over Manchester University.

Evan Burden, a music education major, will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Burden will sing several selections including: “Grow For Me” by Alan Menken, “O di Capellio” by Vincenzo Bellini and “Oh! quand je dors” by Franz Liszt.

Alex Rose, a music major with a concentration in performance studies, will present their Bluffton University senior recital at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the lobby.

The West Central Ohio Chapter of the Compassionate Friends, a support group for the family after a child dies, will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26 at Union Chapel Missionary Church, 4869 Ada Rd, Lima.

The topic for the meeting will be "Grief, Will It Ever Go Away?" Attendees are invited to bring a relative or friend. Sandwiches and dessert provided after the meeting.

Income tax ballot issue summary

The Spring 2022 newsletter from the Bluffton Exempted Villages School District has been mailed to residents of Bluffton.

It includes articles by Superintendent Greg Denecker, Elementary Principal Bejamin Thiel, Middle School Principal Joshua Kauffman, High School Principal Mike Minnig, Athletic Director Alex Hanna and the music department. The articles include updates on staff and students.

By Tanya Augsburger

As the Allen County Health Department has lifted its Covid-19 restrictions, the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., has begun to open up once again to in-person programming inside the library. 

Matthew Piehl, 4-H Reporter

A 4-H meeting for The Beverdam Bunch was held on Monday, April 11.

They have decided to sponsor 4 awards for the Allen County Fair this year. The deadline to enroll in 4-H was Friday April 16.

The next meeting for The Beverdam Bunch will be Monday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. at Bluffton Middle School, 116 S Jackson St.

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