February 2024 Bluffton Lions update
March-April Lions calendar of events below
By Paula Pyzik Scott
At the February 2024 meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club, new members Mark Bourassa and Dwain Hall were inducted by 1st Vice District Governor Sue Davis.
Mark Bourassa was born in Rochester, NY. He graduated from a high school in Atlanta, Ga. and attended Miami University. He also studied in Luxembourg, where he met his wife, Jackie Bemiller. He earned his Masters degree at Bowling Green State University and PhD from the University of Toledo. Bourassa has worked for 34 years at Bluffton University and is currently Dean of Students.
Dwain Hall is a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and has been a Bluffton resident for three years. He has three daughters and eleven grandchildren. Dwain has worked for Nationwide Insurance Company for 35 years and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. His hobbies include family time, walking, hiking, bicycling, euchre and kayaking.
The Bluffton Lions have announced the following calendar of events for March and April 2024
March 5 - 90th Charter Night - 6:00 p.m. - First Mennonite Church
March 19 - Club meeting noon at Town Hall. Fred Steiner presentation on Ghosts of Bluffton
and 50/50 Charity Raffle Drawing
April 5-6: District Convention
April 11 - Citizen of the Year banquet
April 20 - Pancake/sausage breakfast
Stories Posted This Week
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Pirates swim in four-team meet; Downey, Diller win 2 races
- Pirates bowl in Perry Invite
- Pirate boys basketball felled by Aliquippa in Berkey series
- Pirate boys basketball loses at buzzer to Spencerville
- February 2025 Update from the Bluffton Public Library
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll for 2nd quarter of 2024-2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Dean Sommers served in the U.S. Navy
- Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, Jan. 22-28
- BPL Scavenger Hunt begins in February
- Pirate boys basketball doubles up Elmwood
- Shannon Theatre announes Wicked sing-along showing, January 30
- Everything Old Is New Again: hMPV and health
- Bluffton student to focus on internship in Forum presentation