BFR’s outdoor soccer league for young children will begin Tuesday, April 9, at 6 p.m., according to Carole Enneking of BFR.
Youth who were 4 years of age by Dec. 1, 2012, and under 6 years of age by Aug. 1, 2012, are eligible. Cost is $30 ($15 BFR member) for the four weeks of the league.
For more information, contact BFR by calling 419-358-450 or visit the website www.bfronline.com to download the registration form.
BFR will offer two programs for the first weekend in April that families with young children are welcome to attend, according to Carole Enneking of BFR.
Friday, April 5, from 6-8 p.m. is a Family Night with activity stations planned in the arena.
Activities will include races on the track, as well as soccer and dodgeball based games. The gymnasium will also be available for informal recreation. Cost for the Family Night is $5 per family (BFR family members and Family Rec Pass holders attend for free).
Kennedy Longworth shows the Easter eggs she found during Saturday's Mennonite Memorial Home/Bluffton McDonald's Easter egg hunt. Watch the video - click here.
Sean Burrell, 105 Magnolia Lane, is Bluffton’s newest council member. He was sworn in on Monday to fill the seat left vacant by Dennis Gallant, when Gallant resigned to become Bluffton’s mayor.
Council recommended the new council member to the position after council members conducted interviews last week. Burrell will serve on council until the end of the year.
Bertha E. Scoles, 97, died March 24, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Belvidere, Ill., on Feb. 24, 1916, to the late Orville and Marry (Masse) Coulter. She married Cleo Garau and he preceded her in death. On Nov. 24, 1965 she married Gerald Scoles and he died Dec. 31, 1995.
Mrs. Scoles retired from Triplett Corp., Bluffton and was a farmer’s wife. She was a member of First Missionary Church, Bluffton.
Survivors include a nephew and caregiver Randy Scoles of Bluffton; several other nieces and nephews; and a sister Priscilla Birdwell of Zanesville, Ohio.
The Bluffton University track and field program traveled south to Lexington, Va., to partake in the Washington and Lee Track and Field Carnival. The two-day meet attracted premier programs from all across the east coast with large fields of athletes from Division I to Division III. The Beavers left their imprint on the meet with several top finishers, school records, HCAC conference and All-Ohio qualifiers as well.
