Bluffton Hospital associates are participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and have formed a team known as The Bluffton Cancer Crushers.
To raise money for this cause, the team is holding a basket raffle. Several baskets are on display in the front lobby of the Bluffton Hospital from June 11 to June 18.
Participants in the raffle may purchase a ticket and place it in the jar of the basket of their choice. Ticket are: $1 for 1, $5 for six, and $10 for an arms length.
A memorial service for Lois Jean Hoover Triplett will take place on Saturday, June 16, at 2 p.m. at the Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main Street. Rev. Dr. Matthew Zuehlke will lead the service. Light refreshments and a time of fellowship will follow.
Mrs. Triplett, of Bluffton, Ohio, died on Friday, May 4, 2012. She was born in Rittman, Ohio, on Oct. 18, 1926, the daughter of Lloyd and Zelda Hoover. She was a 1947 graduate of Bluffton College. On July 18, 1948, she married M. Morris Triplett, who predeceased her in 1996.
Bluffton Public Library and Clymer's Wildlife Museum in Columbus Grove are teaming up to offer a special event on Tuesday, June 26, at 7 p.m. The "Night @ the Museum: Big Game Hunt" event is open to adults and children ages 12 or older.
Guests will hear exciting firsthand accounts of adventurous big game hunts around the world and have a guided tour of this unique museum filled with bears, a giraffe, lions and other wild game.
Free admission tickets are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.
Philip Murphy performs his favorite hits at the Bluffton Farmers' Market on Saturday morning. The market is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday until the end of October.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will host a free community meal on Wednesday, June 27, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora. The meal this month is Lasagna, Salad, Bread Stick, Sherbet, cookie, coffee and punch.
Approaching Bluffton from the southeast, we continue our aerial coverage of the community. From previous photos we've established this series was taken in the late 1940s. Here's a view of the Harmon Field complex.
We'd like to point your attention to the bottom right of the photo. You'll see a side track on the Nickel Plate Railroad that no longer exists. You'll also see what appears to be a handcar on the track.
On the bottom left is the water works quarry, now filled in and known as Steinmetz Field.
