Only a trace of snow in the past seven days is a relief while temperatures plunged like a bear stock market early in the week only to warm up by Monday. The minus 10 reading is cold, but the record low reading for our community is minus 17 set in 1975
Here's the seven-day weather summary reported by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer:
The seventh grade class of Bluffton Middle School will host a pulled pork dinner from 4-6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25, in the middle school cafetorium.
Eat-in or carry-out will be available. The meal is catered by Roseanne Garmatter and will consist of a pulled pork sandwich, homemade cheesy potatoes, green beans and cookie.
Tickets are $6 and may be purchased from any seventh grade student or in the middle school office. Tickets are available through Feb. 18.
The Ada Kiwanis Club will hold its 59th annual Pancake and Sausage Day on Thursday, March 17, at the Ada First United Methodist Church, 301 N. Main St., Ada.
Serving hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The club will serve all-you-can eat pancakes and whole hog sausage.
The cost is $6 each, with children under 10, eating free.
Tickets are available at the Bluffton Child Development Center and in Ada at Liberty-National Bank, Ferguson Insurance Agency, Hanson-Neely Funeral Home and Dr. Mark B. Shull's office.
Bluffton hosts two Michigan folk singers for the Town Hall Concert Series at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb 26, in the community room of the town hall, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.
The provides this information of the performers:
Though Pam and Andru have different styles and come from different generations, their love for Lake Michigan, the little town they share, and music of the people brings them together for this shared show.
Since 2001, Andru Bemis has wandered the ends, edges and in-betweens of North America more times than he can count.
Robert Rhodes, poet and author of "Nightwatch: An Inquiry into Solitude: Alone on the Prairie with the Hutterites," will read from his work at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the Musselman Library Reading Room at Bluffton University.
Beginning with refreshments at 3:45 p.m., the event, sponsored by the library and the university's Writers and Scholars Series, is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University's cross-cultural program has taken two groups of students to the African nation of Botswana, where they have stayed with host families in the village of Pitseng.
Next week, roles will reverse when the village chief, Kgosi Mafoko, and the language and culture instructor who has worked with the visiting students, Nthati Phetlhu, come to Bluffton.
Their schedule includes speaking at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Yoder Recital Hall at the university's weekly Forum, which is free and open to the public.
Bluffton's salt supply is about one bin full, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. "We have two bins, which each hold nearly 75 tons of salt," he told Bluffton council on Monday night.
"We have ordered another 75 tons of salt. This would put us slightly over our reserve tonnage allotment for the year, but we would still have access to an additional 30 tons if we need it and our supplier has it available," he said.
Don't let anyone tell you different - it's an art. Twenty women spent most of Valentine's Day 2011 practicing the art of knotting comforters. The work took place in First Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall.
The volunteers, from First Mennonite Church and Grace Mennonite, Pandora, get together two times a year to practice their art - once in October and again in February.
The Bluffton Lions Club meets at 11:45 AM to 1 PM in the Patio room at Maple Crest the first and third Tuesday of each month except for December & July when the meetings are the first Tuesday. Chapter Anniversary. Speaker will be Barbara Plaugher on "History and Women in the Lions Club."
