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Bluffton Family Recreation summer camp begins on Monday and there's still room for additional campers, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director. Registration is now available by calling BFR at 419-358-4150.
This year's camp has several new features:
• a preschool camp offered one day each week for children 3 to 6
• Bluffton Hospital will provide campers lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday
Dick and Donna Dukes announce the marriage of their son, Derek Dukes, to Joy Stemen on May 22, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. in a private ceremony in Hawaii. Viewers may participate in a card shower for them. Their address is: Derek and Joy Dukes, 458 W.Elm St., Bluffton, Ohio 45817.
Polished and Boutique 415 are collecting donations for tornado victims. The first trailer load goes on Thursday evening and the next on Saturday evening. Items collected include water, diapers, Clorox, baby wipes, snacks, toilet paper, Kleenex and paper towels. "We will take this to a designated drop off for the Red Cross. They will tell us what they would like to be collected going forward and we will update people," said Joan Frederick.
D. Miriam Rumsey died on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Miriam was born in Lafayette, Ohio, on Dec. 21, 1925, to Warren and Lelah (Stanyer) Knoble who are deceased. She married Roy Rumsey on June 21, 1946, and he died on June 1, 1985.
Several Bluffton council committee meetings are set this month. Those follow:
Utilities Thursday - Thursday, May 30 at 4 p.m.
Parks and Rec Committee - Monday, June 3 at 11 a.m.
Ordinance Committee - Monday, June 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Personnel - Wednesday, June 5 at noon
Cemetery Board - Monday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Council Meeting - Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m.
Andrew Raeburn shows off his high school diploma during Bluffton's commencement exercises on Saturday. Click here for more graduation photos plus a listing of future plans of the class of 2019. (Jamie Nygaard photo)
