After the Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor Richard Johnson opened the March 27 Bluffton council meeting by leading a moment of silence in recognition of the school shooting that occurred earlier in the day, killing three children and three adults at a Christian school in Nashville. After a minute, and without comment, the Mayor moved on to the first item, approving the prior meeting's minutes.
A packet of meeting documents supplied by the Village of Bluffton can be accessed HERE.
NATURE FOOLS
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will offer Nature Fools at the McElroy Environmental Education Center, 2355 Ada Rd. Lima.
The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area (GBPA) invite the public to a lecture by Ann Boyd (Herbalist and Owner of My Own Backyard) on “the Waxing and Waning of direct seed sowing.”
Boyd will talk about which herbs, flowers and veggies grow best from sowing directly into the ground, plus much more.
The event at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main, is free and open to the public. Organizers note, "PLEASE bring a friend!"
Bluffton University has named Seth Clark as its next head men's basketball coach. He will start his head coaching duties on April 5, 2023.
Clark comes to Bluffton after serving as an assistant men's basketball coach at Manchester University for the past three years. In his first season with the Spartans,
Thomas Lee Hostetler, 86, of Leesburg, Florida passed away March 22, 2023, at Lake Port Square in Leesburg, Florida. Tom was born June 20, 1936 in Youngstown, Ohio to the late Chauncey and Ellen (Krabill) Hostetler. He married Anna Mae Jantzi Hostetler who preceded him in death.
UPDATE: The Icon previously listed this event earlier in the month. The clinic will take place this upcoming Friday.
Coming up at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main:
Mobile Health Clinic: Friday March 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
All services are provided by individuals with the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program.
This clinic includes free screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol (please fast for 12 hours to participate in cholesterol or blood sugar screening) and osteoporosis.
Books are still available for each of these upcoming discussions at the Bluffton Public Library, and there's still plenty of time to read them.
Stop by the library's front desk to check out your library copy of Her Hidden Genius for Noon Book Group on April 5, or to pick up the free galley copy of Mastering the Art of French Murder (yours to keep) for the April 19 Galley Book Group.
Author Colleen Cambridge will be joining readers on April 19.
