Bluffton Ohio Historical Society open invitation to April 10 meeting from secretary Scott Little:
Wasn't it fun viewing history right here in Bluffton [on Monday, April 8]? It was a day to remember!
The April monthly meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will meet Wednesday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. on the third floor of Bluffton Village Hall.
Agenda items for Wednesday include: Society logo, website, Facebook page, Car Show involvement and saving items from the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse! Dan Groman will show an old desk from the old Bluffton Elementary School during the Show and Tell time.
Dr. J. Walter Paquin, professor of social work at Bluffton University, will present Bluffton’s annual Civic Engagement Forum titled, “Balancing Life’s Challenges: How Small Actions Improve Emotional Well-Being.” The presentation will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Above clockwise) Michiganders Don and Anne Fairchild at Motter Park, Ten Thousand Villages guest list, 1861 Wine Lounge sky gazers.
What was your eclipse viewing experience? Send up to 50 words and a photograph or two to [email protected] or tag @blufftonicon on Facebook. Deadline Thursday, April 11.
By Paula Pyzik Scott
As I write this, it’s just a few hours after the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Given traffic jam horror stories from similar events, I decided early on to stay put in Bluffton. But it began to dawn on me on Sunday that perhaps being in the path of totality was not going to double the population of our little town–a possibility for which emergency services were prepared.
During the 2023 white-tailed deer archery hunting season, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, and State Wildlife Officer Brock Williamson, assigned to Seneca County, investigated a landowner harvest anomaly.
Officers Burke and Williamson discovered an individual had harvested an antlered deer early in the season, and the individual’s wife had game-checked a second buck on behalf of the suspect later in the season. The husband was issued a summons for taking two antlered deer during a hunting season and his wife was issued a summons for checking a deer she did not harvest.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, April 12. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall.
Blanchard Valley Health System is the sponsor and Kira's Flipside Grill will be providing the breakfast, which is served at 7:00 a.m.
The program begins at 7:30 a.m. Renee Matthews will offer valuable insights into the transformative initiatives spearheaded by Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) at Bluffton Hospital.
