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.
The Bluffton High School Drama Club will perform Bringing down the House, A Musical? on April 11, 12, 13. Directed by Kevin Gratz and Kara Zink, with student assistants Genesis Ochoa, Kaleigh Coffman and Aubrey Rieman.
Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Bluffton Middle School Cafetorium, 116 S. Jackson St. The Sunday performance begins at 2:00 p.m. Doors open one hour prior to curtain time.
General admission tickets are available at the door. Adults $5.00. Students $2.00
On May 5-June 30 from 9-11:00 a.m. the Bluffton Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., will host an Area Agency on Aging class series on “A Matter of Balance.”
Many older adults experience a fear of falling. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in physical weakness making the risk of falling even greater.
A Matter of Balance is a multiple-day program designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity in older adults.
Gary Wetherill, President of the Swiss Community Historical Society, will speak at the Bluffton Lions Club meeting on Tuesday, March 18. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which will take place at noon at Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.
Wetherill will provide an update on construction of the society's Heritage Center and events for the upcoming season at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd, Bluffton.
The Heritage Center is repurposing the Bixel-Basinger Swiss Settlement barn previously located on the Dan and Cindy Basinger Farm. The repurposed barn will be heated and air-conditioned and include a large event space, classroom, artifact storage space and public restrooms. The facility will allow for longer visits during tours and events, and eliminate weather restrictions for visits. READ MORE
The annual Bluffton Music Booster's Chicken BBQ is this Friday, March 21. You are invited to join area families for an evening of student music and art.
BBQ meals are served from 4:00-6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Cafetorium. Tickets may be purchased HERE and in the Middle School office. Meals are available for pick-up/dine-in from 4:00 - 6:30.
Music performances are in the Middle School Gym throughout the evening beginning at 3:50 p.m. Admission is free. Student artwork will be on display in the hallways.
