Laura Voth, of Bluffton, is being recognized with a Jefferson Award for her dedication to assisting the United Way of Greater Lima. On Tuesday, April 19, Voth will be among eight recipients honored at a dinner at the City Club in Lima.
The recipients will receive medalilions and $350 for a charity they select. One honoree will go on to represent the region at the national level.
Bluffton University will recognize its top student-athletes at the annual Athletics Awards Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Two awards will be presented. Bluffton’s top senior male athlete will receive the A.C. Burcky Award, while the top senior female athlete will receive the Kathryn E. Little Award.
The Village of Bluffton has announced a Special Village Council meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18 at the Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.
The purpose of the meeting is to hear a presentation from the Bluffton Police Department on plans concerning a memorial to Officer Dominic Francis and funds raised.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Resolution of the Bluffton Exempted Village School District, Ohio, passed on the 13th day of December 2021, there will be submitted to a vote of the people at the Primary Election to be held at the regular places of voting on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 2022 the question of imposing a school district income tax:
The 2022 Good Friday Procession of the Cross continued a tradition of 25 years or more in Bluffton. On Friday, April 15, people of all ages gathered to carry and process with the cross from church to church in the village.
The cross, which weighs some 200 pounds, was created by a parishioner of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church from the beams of a barn. At each of the six churches visited by the procession, the bearers put down the cross and clergy from one or more churches lead those present in prayer.
