The American Red Cross will hold two blood drives in Bluffton in the month of February. They are:
Thursday, Feb. 7, noon until 6 p.m. at the First Mennonite Church in the Upstairs Room, located at 101 S. Jackson St.
Friday, Feb. 15, from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Bluffton University, 1 University Drive.
While walk-in donors are welcome, donors are encouraged to make appointments. To make an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or go to www.redcrossblood.org .
The Bluffton Senior Citizens announces the spring bus trip schedule. The following entertaining options are on the slate:
Thursday, March 14
LaComedia is presenting the Dolly Parton musical hit “9 to 5".
Get your reservations in by February 12th, to fill the motor coach.
Enjoy a full buffet lunch and a visit to Freisingers Chocolate Factory.
The bus leaves at 9:00 am.
This week we are talking with Trenton Donley (Mrs. Bogart’s class), Nicole Boyle (Mrs Kingsley’s), Peyton Gallant (Mr. Armstrong’s class), and Olivia Parker (Mrs. Raeburn’s class). This is part of the continuing series of interviews with Bluffton third graders. Note: This interview got off to a slow start because the interviewer mistakenly referred to the students as fourth graders and there were long pauses for answers, until this issue was straightened out.
We caught Judy Bronson, the queen of antiques in Bluffton, while she was eating lunch in her new expanded location, at 902 N. Main St. and like everyone else who steps foot into the new location, we said: “Wow!”
Bronson moved from Deer Creek Shoppes in downtown Bluffton to the former Diller Medical building over the Christmas holidays.
“I officially opened on Jan. 21,” she said. “We are now open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.”
The Mount St. Joseph Lions used a 16-3 run to open the game en route to a 70-64 victory over the Bluffton University men’s basketball team on Wednesday, Jan. 30. The visitors fell to 9-11 on the season, 5-8 in Heartland Conference play.
The Beavers slipped to seventh in the conference, moving to the outside of the HCAC Tournament picture with just five games remaining. MSJ not only went ahead of Bluffton, but the Lions (7-13, 6-7 HCAC) now hold an important head-to-head tie-breaker over the Beavers by virtue of their season sweep.
Bluffton University women’s basketball team used a strong defensive performance to take down Mount St. Joseph, 67-52, on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
The Beavers improved to 10-10 on the season and 5-8 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference as they snapped a three-game losing skid. The loss dropped MSJ to 3-17 overall and 2-11 in the HCAC.
John T. Warren, 81, of Bluffton died Jan. 30, 2013, at his residence. He was born June 25, 1931, in Bluffton to the late Clyde and Eulalia (McCormick) Warren. He married Roberta Klingler and she preceded him in death Jan. 3, 1975.
Mr. Warren was a John Deere Implement dealer for 25 years in Bluffton and later Kenton. The Bluffton dealership was located on South Main Street on a property, which today is part of Citizens National Bank.
The Allen County Health Department reminds residents that we are in the midst of the influenza season in our area.
This is also the time of the year that Norovirus, the virus that frequently causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps is reported in this area of the United States.
These illnesses are seen in all age groups but increased rates typically occur in children.
“It is common to see an increase in illness during this time of the year,” said Kathy Luhn, Allen County Health Commissioner.
