The April 2025 Bluffton Lions newsletter provides the following eye-opening list of activities for the club in the coming weeks.
April 26: Roadside clean-up rain date this coming Saturday. Meet at corner of N. Main and County Line Rt 15 at 8:30 a.m.
May Pathway Count: The next Pathway Count scheduled for May. We have two new Pathways-S.R. 103 and County Line Road.
May 6: Club meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall. Speaker’s topic for the evening will be “The Impact of Alzheimer’s and Dementia in our Community” presented by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Is Travis Music hearing things? On a recent Ride to Remember Facebook video, he imagined frogs peeping on a rural road agreed, it’s time to “register, register!” for the July 12 Bluffton Lions pathway fundraiser.
Music reflects the fun to be had on the 11th annual Ride to Remember, an event for bike riders of all ages and levels. This year the ride offers updated routes with options from 11 to 135 miles. Registration is now open at www.RidetoRemember.net/ Fees increase on July 1.
For three weeks this April, Ukrainian theater artist Ganna Turlo is sharing her vision, voice and lived experience with Ohio Northern University students as they prepare for the April 26-27 production of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings project.
On April 14 Bluffton Council passed the third reading of an ordinance requiring permits for overnight parking on Spring St. Residents have been crowded out from spaces near their homes by students who have parking privileges on the Bluffton University campus.
An Easter for Kids event--a special one day Easter VBS--will be held at Trinity Lutheran School 105 Allen Street, Jenera, on Saturday, April 26, from 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
The program is open to children age 3 years-5th grade. It features Bible-based activity stations where kids hear about Jesus' resurrection, praise Him in song, make crafts, play games and enjoy snacks.
At approximately 12:10 p.m., an Easter Egg hunt will be held outdoors on the school grounds for toddlers, preschoolers and elementary age children through 8th grade.
Bluffton University will host a choral concert “Five Centuries of Anabaptist Singing- a Musical Odyssey,” directed by Camille Lively, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Yoder Recital Hall.
This event is part of Anabaptism at 500, a series commemorating the beginning of the Anabaptist faith denomination. A full list of Anabaptism at 500 events can be found at www.bluffton.edu/anabaptism500 All Anabaptism at 500 events are free and open to public. These events made possible with the generous support of Lowell and Marty Hostetler.
