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Prom is an exciting time for high school students and it should be a night to remember. Make it memorable for all the right reasons–keep the celebrations free of alcohol and drive safe. Area law enforcement will have extra enforcement scheduled for prom weekends.

The Lima/Allen County Safe Community Coalition wants to remind young drivers to be especially cautious during these special celebrations.

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Recent water bills from the Village of Bluffton featured the following Community Messages:

Sportsmen's Club Trout Derby
Sunday, May 7 from 2:00-4:30 p.m.

Community Clean Up
Dumpsters will be located at the Spring St. brush dump from Tuesday, May 30-Thursday, June 1. For village residents only.

Farmers Market
Every Saturday May 6-Ocotber 28
8:30-noon

2022 Village Income Tax Returns due April 18, 2023

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FINDLAY--Sarah Fishel will be sharing recipes and demonstrating how the pioneers would have used the rhubarb that is growing in the McKinnis garden. The guests will get to enjoy tea and rhubarb cake that was baked in the 1847 wood stove after the demonstration. Perhaps you can share your favorite recipe as well while enjoying the cozy fire. Each guest will receive a rhubarb recipe booklet to take with them.  

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By Paula Scott

Have you ever served breakfast for 50 at 7:00 a.m. on a Friday morning? It’s all part of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce routine on the second Friday of the month from September-June.

This April, director Jim Enneking got a hand with the member meeting from sponsor Northwest Ohio Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, caterer Greenhorn Restaurant and program provider Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD).

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Bluffton’s “Golden Age,” covering a period from approximately 1886 to 1900, is a program presented by Fred Steiner at 6:00 p.m. onTuesday, April 25 at the Bluffton Public Library.

“Bluffton was a boom town during these years,” says Steiner, who will show photographs and share stories from this era during the program.

Several significant developments occurred in Bluffton, which rival any 15-year period in the town’s history.

• Oil and natural gas discovered in Findlay, Bluffton’s first oil well drilled in 1890

• Business district, offered wide selection of products and services

• A dozen saloons operated here

• Town hall built in 1887

• Water plant in service in 1896

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CORRECTION: This month the school board meeting is on Tuesday rather than Monday.

On Tuesday, April 18, the Bluffton Board of Education will hold a regular meeting with an agenda including the following items; many relate to preparations for the 2023-2024 school year. The full document is HERE.

The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Elementary School media center, 102 S. Jackson St.

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