Film, food and entertainment are planned for Global Weekend at Bluffton University on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11.
The weekend will begin Friday with a 7:30 p.m. screening of the 2010 South African film "Life, Above All" in Centennial Hall's Stutzman Lecture Hall.
The Commons in Marbeck Center will host Saturday's events. An ethnic meal will be served from 5-6 p.m. and an international variety and fashion show will follow at 6:30 p.m. A pi~nata will be available for children before the show, at 6:20 p.m.
Children ages 8-14 with interests in singing, acting and dancing are invited to audition for Bluffton University's 2012 May Day musical, "The Music Man." Auditions will be held from 6:15-7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in the Gilliom Room of Bluffton's Mosiman Hall.
Children are sought for the chorus and "boys' band," as well as for the roles of Winthrop (age 9 and speaks with a lisp) and Amaryllis (age 8). Boys auditioning to play Winthrop, and girls to play Amaryllis, may want to familiarize themselves with the songs "Gary, Indiana" and "Goodnight, My Someone," respectively.
Bluffton University senior wideouts Todd Trotter (Cincinnati/Aiken University) and Jason A. Johnson (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Eastern) have been selected to play in the Ohio Army National Guard Senior Bowl III on April 14, 2012 in Columbus' Crew Stadium.
They will join Justin Crosier (Columbus/Hamilton Township) as the first Beavers to play in the annual all-star contest sponsored by the Ohio Army National Guard and Ohio CollegeFootball.com. Kick-off is slated for 1:30 p.m.
Lydia Guagenti, who has just committed to the Ohio State University, had a big day on Sunday at the University of Findlay's high school Oiler Invite track meet.
She cleared 5-07.00 in the high jump to take first with her best indoor jump ever. She beat the second place finisher by 3 inches. This height places her in the top 15 in the country so far in 2012 (according to milesplit.com) and was just short of her outdoor PR of 5-08.00. The height also earned her the rank of Mile Split US First Team Elite.
Mennonite Memorial Home church services for February was recently announced. The schedule follows:
Sunday services at 9:30 a.m.
Feb. 5 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Feb. 12 - George Pirtie
Feb. 19 - Chaplain Bill Herr
Feb. 26 - Wally Geiger
Tuesday services at 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 7 - Thomas Dearth, County Line Church of the Brethren
Feb. 14 - Jack Duffy, Ada
Feb. 21 - Brandon Mayden, Bethel Church of Christ
Feb. 28 - Lynn Thompson, St. John Mennonite
Former Bluffton resident and BHS grad, Michael Blake, was inducted into the Apollo Career Center Alumni Hall of Fame this month. The induction was during the all-area Apollo board meeting.
Blake, a 1981 Bluffton and Apollo welding graduate, is owner of Top WeldMan, located in Celina. He has owned the business for the past 13 years.
Through various employment opportunities and professional development he has obtained many different types of welding certifications.
As a true football fan I was extremely entertained while watching the Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the New York football Giants. However, other than the game itself, the event was quite a let down.
Bluffton Housing Corp. will hold its annual stockholders' meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Vance Street Apartments.
The agenda includes reports of the operations of Riley View Apartments and Vance Street Apartments and the election of officers.
Three board members' terms will expire. They are Matthew Jordan, Lois Goodman and Kathy Rode.
Continuing board members are Ed Yeager, Fred Rodabaugh, Bob Fett, Deb Beer, Mary Fett and Wally Buroker. Buroker was recently appointed to fill the unexpired term of Sue Shields.
