Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio has announced Allison Vermillion of Ada and Catherine Meyer of Jenera are recipients of this year's Barbara Fleming Scholarship.
This scholarship goes to students pursuing a career in nursing. This is the ninth year that this scholarship has been presented. It was founded by her family in honor of Barbara Fleming, a nurse and resident of the Mennonite Memorial Home. This year the committee was able to give away two $500 nursing scholarship.
On May 28, 44 kindergartners, from the two afternoon classes at Bluffton Elementary School, were invited to Maple Crest for an intergenerational activity, in honor of Older Americans' Month. Click here for more photos.
They were accompanied by their two teachers, Karen Luginbuhl and Susan McKinley, as well as the bus driver, Judy Blume.
Bluffton Public Library will be closed July 2, 3 and 5 for a system upgrade and the Independence Day holiday. Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly.
Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, July 6, at 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org or call 419-358-5016.
A benefit to assist with medical expenses involving a kidney transplant for Bluffton resident Jim Ream is planned from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, June 19, in the Bluffton middle school.
Ream of 212 S. Main St., lost his first kidney when he was 26. He is currently on dialysis three days a week. He has passed all testing required to have a transplant and has a possible donor.
The fundraiser is planned to help offset the costs of having the transplant completed and for any future expenses that might occur.
Nick Prater's shirt reads "What A Catch!" Nick caught the largest fist at the Bluffton Cub Scout Fishing Derby, held on Saturday, June 12 at the Buckeye.
Nick caught a 6.5-pound, 24-inch-long carp with artificial bait on his Sponge Bob Square Pants fishing pole. From 9 a.m. to noon, 23 cub scouts, 3 boy scouts, 9 scout leaders and 29 other family members (siblings, parents and grandparents) had a fun morning of fishing.
The Bluffton Sportsmen's Club gave the scouts and their families fishing badges for the day's event.
If Bluffton is a Blaze of Lights in the winter, Bluffton must be a Bloom of Flowers in the summer. Thanks the volunteer efforts of Stratton Greenhouse, Main Street Bluffton is a flowerbed of all sorts of colorful bloomers this summer. The plants are donated by the Greenhouse and taken care of the the Greenhouse in an effort to beautify the downtown.
