Ken Heffner, director of student activities at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will reflect on the relationship between the church and popular culture in a Bluffton University forum Oct. 28.
Speaking at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, he will address “Why Should We Care About Arcade Fire? A Christian Approach to Popular Culture.” His presentation is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center will host “Time/Line,” drawings by Boston-based artist Kevin Townsend, beginning Oct. 27 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery.
The exhibit is free and open to the public through Nov. 25. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. on opening day, Oct. 27.
Auditions for the eighth annual Ohio Has Talent! competition will be held Nov. 14 and 15 in Van Wert.
The top 20 acts will take part in the Feb. 28, 2015, Ohio Has Talent! show at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. All entertainment talents are welcome – single and group acts – especially those other than singing and dancing, to provide variety for the show.
Bluffton University will host a 20-hour mediation training program for interested community members, as well as Bluffton students, faculty and staff, from Oct. 24-26.
The trainers, Lorraine Stutzman-Amstutz and Jackie Wells, will focus on basic principles of restorative justice and mediation, and will wrap up by sharing ways to implement practices in community, prison and educational settings.
In response to growing national and statewide concern, Blanchard Valley Health System recently activated the Ebola response preparations protocol that it began developing this summer.
Champions have been crowned in the TV-44 Whiz Quiz Tournament with Van Wert and St. Marys claiming top title in each respective tournament bracket. The annual televised event included 30 high school quiz teams, divided evenly into two different brackets, each bracket with three days of competition until crowning a champion.
Darrin Snyder Belousek will sign his recently released book “The Road That I Must Walk: A Disciple’s Journey,” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to Saturday, Oct. 18, at Book Reviews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, according to Christina Walton, store manager.
The book is published by Cascade Books.
The author is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Ohio Northern University. He is also an adjunct instructor in the Department of Religion at Bluffton University.
Members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1949 recently got together for a 65th class reunion.
Front from left, Treva Althaus Stratton, Anita Althaus Huber, Sue Kempf Groves, Darlyn Garmatter Sommers and Marilyn Moore Hart.
Standing from left, Sara Bracy McCune, Marlene Berry Baumgartner, Ray Wilch, William Burcky, Dean Sommers, Beatrice Leiber Parcell and Colletta Badertscher Mullenhour.
Bluffton Lions member Ed Yeager works with a young student during a Lions Club eye screening.
During the last week of September Bluffton Lions Club members screened 235 local children, with parental consent, using the Sure Sight auto refractor.
A vision screening takes place to separate those with and without possible vision problems. Vision screening results may indicate a potential need for further assessment.
