At 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 1, the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District will offer Nature Pals: Winter Evergreens at the McElroy Environmental Education Center.
Children ages 3-5 and their adult companion are welcome to join park staff explore evergreen trees through crafts, hands-on activities, and a hike. Please dress appropriately for spending time outdoors.
Register by calling 419-221-1232 or go to www.jampd.com.
The Apollo Career Center Board Of Education will hold a Regular Meeting at 7:00 p.m. on November 28, 2022.
The agenda will include:
Personnel: Contract Action, Salary Notices, and Authorization
- Accept the resignation of Dalton Blymyer (1 year), high school teaching assistant, effective at the end of the work day on November 11, 2022.
- Hire the following part-time adult education instructor(s) for FY 2023, hours as assigned and worked, per hourly rates as adopted by the Board of Education on August 29, 2022:
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Blue Sky Studios released five animated films in the popular franchise series about the ice age. The original Ice Age movie was released in 2002 and featured the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. In 2016, the last of the movies created by the originator was released. The movies follow a group of animals trying to survive the Paleolithic ice age. Disney+ released a new spin-off of the franchise in January of 2022 titled “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild.”
Bluffton's Blaze of Lights festival and parade for 2022 brought out record crowds and a fantastic assortment of floats including the "elf on the shelf," who it turns out drives a pretty snazzy red sportscar. Many more photos will follow.
In late November 1956 – actually this week 66 years ago, the major topic of residents of the LaFayette and Bluffton area was of a mysterious animal that “cried like a baby and screamed like a woman.”
A front page story in the Bluffton New described the circumstances surrounding this mystery.
Before you read about the 1956 mystery animal remember to watch Bluffton Forever next week for a story from 1958 about another mystery animal that appeared in the Bluffton rural community.
The story from the Nov. 29, 1956, Bluffton News follows:
