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Garden club to discuss invasive plant species on October 1

6:00 p.m.., October 1 at Bluffton Public Library, lower level

The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area will host a program on Invasive plant species that is free and open to the public. 

The guest speaker is Anne Smedley, Natural Resources Manager for Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District. She will explain how to identify invasive plant species in your fall garden, and how to remove them before next season.

 

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Managing your leaves prior to Village pickup services

Leaves are falling a little earlier in 2024 than expected. As noted at the Sept. 23 council meeting, Village leaf pickup isn't scheduled until the end of October. Meanwhile, please do not place leaves at the curb unless in biodegradable bags to be collected on Wednesdays. Do not rake leaves to the curb until further notice is provided.

Groundbreaking for youth soccer complex, play as soon as Fall 2025

Above L-R) Mitch Kingsley and Ben Stahl, council members; Mayor Richard Johnson; Paul Inniger, Takeo (Tony) Endoh, Joe Brinkman of SumiRiko, Ohio; and Ashley Gleason, Tyler Gleason and Jonnathan Bonifaz of the Bluffton Soccer Club.

SumiRiko of Ohio, Bluffton Soccer Club and Village of Bluffton collaboration

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On September 26 ground was broken on the Bluffton Soccer Complex to be developed on land donated by and adjacent to SumiRiko Ohio on Snider Rd near the Bluffton Community Pool and Bluffton YMCA.

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Weekend Doctor: Eating well for diabetes on a budget

By Laura Dagani, APRN-CNP 
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Endocrinology & Diabetes Specialists of Northwest Ohio

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Second Lions Way pathway dedicated in September 2024

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On September 17 the Bluffton Lions and the Village of Bluffton held a ceremony dedicating the addition of a bike and pedestrian pathway along Jefferson St./State Route 103 from County Line Road to I-75, following close on the heels of a September 3 dedication of the new County Line pathway.

The S.R. 103 Lions Way segment improves access to housing, a hotel, restaurants, gas stations, shops and other businesses along this stretch of road. This is the busiest and fastest section of road in the Village. Some 20 businesses are located on or near the new pathway.

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League of Women Voters hosts forum on journalism

6:30 p.m. on October 1, Lima Public Library

The League of Women Voters of the Lima Area will hold an informational, hour-long forum, "How Journalism  Works" on Tuesday, October 1.

Dr. Shane Tilton, an  Associate Professor of Writing and Multimedia Studies at Ohio Northern University, will discuss why journalism is still important, especially when we get information from fragmented sources, and how journalism works as a cornerstone for society.

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