Look for amazing spring migrants on multiple dates, listed below. No experience is needed and binoculars will be provided.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a fully-charged smartphone with the Merlin app downloaded.
Everyone is welcome. Students will be eligible to receive Arts and Lecture credit for attending, up to a maximum of one time. This event will be held several times over a one-week timespan so that a broader audience can attend.
From 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, Jacomet’s Martial Arts, 121 S Main St, will host a self-defense class for ages 13 to adult. A similar class was held on December 7, 2024.
Owner/instructor Tony Jacomet explains, “This class will teach and practice several simple but highly effective techniques to address a variety of threatening scenarios. Prevention strategies, assertive de-escalation and what to do after a self-defense event will also be discussed.”
Doors will open at 10:15 a.m. All ability levels are welcome. The cost of the class is $5 per person.
The Bluffton Family YMCA is hosting a adult 3v3 basketball tournament on Sunday, May 18. The competition includes a men's division, a women's division and a coed division (1 female).
The cost to participate is $75/team. The deadline to register is May 11 (online and in-house). Register online HERE.
The format is 10-minute games with 3 games guaranteed. Rosters are four players, ages 18 years and up.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly breakfast meeting on Friday, April 11. The meeting will be held on the third floor of the Town Hall starting at 7:00 a.m.
The breakfast sponsor is Fortman Insurance and Twisted Whisk Cafe will be catering the breakfast. No RSVP is required.
Eikenbary Landscape Co. will make a presentation on 5 Ways to Keep Your Property Maintained throughout the Season. Learn what you can do to improve and maintain your property this year.
April 10 from 5:30-7:00 p.m., 3325 Shawnee Rd, Lima
Apollo Career Center will hold its annual ApolloPalooza on April 10, 2025, 5:30-7 p.m. ApolloPalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs, celebrate Apollo's partnerships with local businesses, highlight Career Tech opportunities, its students and instructors. A highlight for this year's event is the opening of the New Public Safety building to the public. The event is free and open to the public.
What's big, pink and looks like a cross between a sci-fi movie and bounce house? The giant inflatable colon that is coming to Southgate Lanes on April 19, thanks to GI Physicians Inc.
From 3:00-5:00 p.m. the community education event will offer free bowling, free food and appetizers from QT Kays Kitchen. Call 419-358-6966 to reserve your lane.
Guests will also have the chance to walk through a giant colon to see what a gastroenterologist sees when performing a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy examines the inside of your large intestine and can be used to screen for colon cancer and precancerous polyps.
Southgate Lanes is located at 9700 Dixie Highway in Bluffton. GI Physicians Inc is located at 512 N. Cable Rd. in Lima.
