Dick Boehr was concerned that many of the gravestones in Bluffton’s oldest cemetery were no longer standing and he wanted to do something about it.
Along with Fred Rodabaugh, Boehr proposed to improve the old Shannon Cemetery along Jefferson Street near Riley Creek. The improvement will change the cemetery to the Shannon Cemetery Park.
“With the help of the Boy Scouts, Bluffton American Legion Post and village council, we hope to convert the cemetery, which is in disrepair, into an appealing entry to Bluffton,” he said.
The Bluffton Lions Club will begin meeting in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. The first meeting is at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Joyce Barga will speak on the “Guiding Light” home for pregnant teens.
The current Lions newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
The ghosts of history past will come to life at the Allen County Museum, Lima, on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Have a conversation with Ben Faurot, Sheriff Jesse Sarber, or Lieutenant Commander Edmund Taylor. Chat with Elizabeth MacDonell about her electric car. Former first lady Martha Washington will tell you about Mount Vernon while the Meadow Gold Milkman will share stories of home deliveries. Aurelia McCullough will narrate her story of traveling to Ohio via Conestoga Wagon.
Natasha Trethewey, the Poet Laureate of the United States, will deliver Bluffton University’s annual Keeney Peace Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Founders Hall.
Trethewey will read from her work—including the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 collection “Native Guard”—during her presentation, titled “On Poetry and History.” The event is free and open to the public.
