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The Bluffton Shuffleboard Club meets in Buckeye Park, where the Village of Bluffton provides six courts and the club helps maintain the excellent conditions.

A Thursday afternoon visit found plenty of action on the shaded, well-appointed courts off Spring Street just across from the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club.

The club currently has 32 members but is always ready to welcome rookie and experienced players. Conversation revealed that kids and grandkids enjoy playing with their families. Club members come from as far away as Indiana.

Summer Reading program participants, don't forget that July 31 marks the end of Summer Read at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.

  • Be sure to turn in paper logs by July 31, and if you are using Beanstack, drop your earned virtual Tickets into your preferred prize(s).
  • Stop by the library to pick up your string backpack and incentives.

 

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday: 9:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Wednesday: 9:30 AM - 7:30 PM

In September 2023, the Callery/Bradford Pear tree be added to the no-grow list in Ohio. An OSU extension article explains HERE. In this photo, the trees are being removed from Jackson Street.

On July 22, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined Allen County is at a HIGH community risk for transmission of COVID-19.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Lima Memorial Health System will follow CDC guidance and require all patients, visitors, associates and vendors to wear a mask while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Universal masking will be required at all Lima Memorial facilities, effective immediately Friday, July 22.

Lima Memorial will continually evaluate its safety measures and update them in accordance with COVID-19 guidance.

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Imagine a mysterious Bluffton location partially under water.

Stand near the entrance to Steinmetz Field. Turn toward Harmon Field. Take about a dozen steps toward the creek.

There you will discover the remnants of a dam. That dam backed up the creek, but not anymore. Instead, it simply creates a mysterious Bluffton location.

Cassandra J. Snyder, 52, passed away July 21, 2022, in Lima.

Cassandra was born October 17, 1969 in Defiance, OH, to Paul and Linda (Davis) Bogatko who survive. On April 6, 1996 she married Christopher "Chris" Snyder who also survives.

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