The West Ohio Food Bank was named the winner of the Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce’s Non-Profit of the Year Award at the masquerade ball and ceremony held on May 3.
The West Ohio Food Bank becomes only the third non-profit to win the award twice, (2016, 2022) joining Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs (1998, 2014) and the Allen County Council on Aging (2006, 2013).
The three finalists for this year’s Non-Profit of the Year Award were Crossroads Crisis Center, Inc., Cornerstone of Hope Lima, and West Ohio Food Bank.
May 7 commencement ceremonies awarded over 150 Bluffton University graduates with masters and bachelors degrees. This was the 122nd annual commencement at the univeristy. The event was held in the Sommer Center with the procession of dignitaries, graduates and facutly led by President Jane Wood.
The Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties, also known as We Care People, urges area residents and organizations to "be seen with green" in support of mental health.
A Be Seen with Green campaign will take place the week of May 9-15. You are invited to show off your green throughout the entire month of May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month.
The Bluffton High School boys track and field team finished a strong second in the annual 16-team Ada Invitational meet Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.
Van Wert won the boys team crown over Bluffton, 134 points to 116.5.
Spencerville captured the girls team title with Kenton second, while the Pirate girls finished a solid sixth.
Senior Gavin Bogart won both the 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles races to help pace the Pirates.
Members of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center recently enjoyed an outdoor bread baking demonstration at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd. It was a damp and chilly week, but the group brought blankets and chairs, and made themselves comfortable.
Ivan Friesen provided the bread baking expertise, while Swiss Community Historical Society curator Keith Sommers filled in the guests on the history of bread ovens in the area known as The Settlement.
With the Bluffton University commencement of 2022 celebrated on May 7 and the Bluffton High School ceremonies in our sights on May 28, you may be preoccupied with what the future will bring for these young people.
In a hundred year's time will Blufftonites be reading about them?
In a series of blogs for www.BlufftonForever.com, Fred Steiner provides us with lists of and information about Bluffton High School graduates beginning in 1881.
The Bluffton Lions Foundation is ready to host riders in the eighth annual Bluffton Ride to Remember on July 16, 2022, a fundraiser for Bluffton bike and pedestrian pathways.
