Apollo Career Center Automated Manufacturing student Trevor Meyer, Bluffton, competed as a member of the AMT team and brought home first place at the state Skills USA Competition held in Columbus recently.
Meyer will be attending the National Skills Competition this summer.
He stands by the belt sander, which he designed, machined, welded, and presented during Senior Project Day at Apollo Career Center.
The Bluffton Lady Pirates fell 2 runs short in a seventh inning comeback against the Paulding Panthers Thursday at Paulding.
The Pirates trailed 8-1 at the top of the seventh. The Pirates lone run came early in the first as Shannon McKamey placed herself in scoring position with a hard hit double and Ashlin Gable was able to drive her in with a single.
The American Cancer Society is extending an invitation to cancer survivors and their guest to a celebration reception. New this year, cancer survivors will be honored prior to the Relay For Life walking event in June.
On Thursday, May 26, the American Cancer Society hosts the ninth annual Relay For Life of Bluffton Cancer Survivors Reception. This is event is free for cancer survivors and a guest.
The reception will take place at the Bluffton Senior Center at 321 N. Main St., Bluffton from 5:30 - 7 p.m.
The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library are hosting the Birdies for Bookworms Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 4, 2011. The event supports literacy and lifelong learning in Bluffton and will help the Bluffton Public Library weather a more than 30 percent reduction in state funding.
The Friends are seeking door prize donations and sponsorships from businesses and individuals, including tributes to loved ones.
Sponsor levels include: $1,000 - William Shakespeare; $500 - Charles Dickens; $250 - John Grisham; $100 - Dr. Seuss; $50 - Hole Sponsor.
Put the two together and you get the Birdies for Bookworms Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 4. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bluffton Public Library and offers many fun ways to support the local library.
Golfers can join Mayor Fred Rodabaugh for a scramble event at the Bluffton Golf Club including cart, continental breakfast and lunch for $50.
Bluffton council's Fire and Rescue meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 9, has been canceled. In its place, a 7:30 p.m. utility committee meeting has been scheduled, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
