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
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Bluffton man arrested and facing federal child pornography charges
- Classifieds cost: $1/day, minimum 10 days for money-making ads, others are free
- Bluffton softball defeats Bearcats; Cross makes 1st team NWC
- Bluffton-Pandora garden club meeting topics for 2025
- Recap of Bluffton Council for May 12
- CNB gift to Legacy Park for a U12 field
- 100-day cough: Health alert for Pertussis
- Mark your calendar: Events for BHS Seniors
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Ticket information for Pirate tennis, May 15 sectionals
- Pirate tennis dominates Defiance
- Historical society meets May 14 at Sportsmen's Club/LE&W Depot
- Red horse chestnut wows on Anna Circle
- Redemptorists to withdraw from region, Father John Collins to visit St. Mary
- Meet high school basketball legend Bud Beemer
Monday, May 12, 2025
- BPL's Summer Read kicks off with 2 giveaways
- Upcoming BPL events, May 12-17
- BHS girls softball sectional ticket information for May 14
- Faculty promotions, new strategic plans at Bluffton University
- Jane M. Shaw was a nurse
- Pirate baseball seeded 5th
- Letter: Join the Congressional discussion on healthcare
- Facilitators needed for victim offender dialogues
Sunday, May 11, 2025
- Pirate baseballs shuts out Arcadia in twin bill
- Bluffton boys, girls track and field sweep Ada Invite titles
- Bluffton strings section holds court
- Pirate tennis wins at Oak Harbor
- Bluffton Community Garden has a few plots left
- Four BHS students to attend Buckeye Boys and Buckeye Girls citizenship programs