Members of the Bluffton University Gospel Choir sing Jan. 19 at the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at the Lima Civic Center. The event is sponsored by the Sigma Mu Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Paul E. Risner, 76, died at 8:33 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in an auto accident.
He was born on Oct. 23, 1938, in Lima, Ohio to Elmer R. and Ellen Elizabeth (Gilroy) Risner and they preceded him in death. On May 19, 1956, he married Carolyn J. Gullett and she survives in Bluffton.
Mr. Risner retired from Rockwell where he worked as a machinist. He attended Grace Gospel Church of Ada.
The Bluffton Lions Club is offering two $500 scholarships to 2015 graduating seniors in local schools. The scholarships will be paid directly to the school or college where the winningstudents will be enrolled.
Applications for these scholarships may be obtained through the guidance counselors in Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa or Cory-Rawson school districts. Applications received by April 15, 2015 will be considered.
Ideal Images, 114 E. College Ave., Bluffton, is having a relocation sale with $2, $5, and $10 tables, according to Rachel Webster, owner. The sale is underway now.
Ealier this month Webster announced that it is expanding and moving one site to Lima and retaining another in Bluffton at a new location.
"We are proud to be a member of the Bluffton community and will celebrate our fourth successful year in business on Jan. 24," said Webster.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University junior Thayne Recker (Arlington) has been named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week following his performances in victories over HCAC rivals Defiance and Transylvania.
The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 17th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week for both the men and women of Division III.
Those questions were answered by Maple Crest villa residents Stan and Jo Clemens and Mark and Kay Weidner during a recent travelogue program.
Stan was the instigator of the travel idea because of a nephew who manages an inn at Yellowstone National Park for the warm months of the year, and works in food service at the South Pole in the winter months.
Robert "Bob" L. Reichenbach, 84. of Bluffton died Jan. 19, 2015, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton.
Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton and an hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Dr. James Loewen, author of the 1995 bestseller “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,” will address a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
His talk, titled “The Most Important Era in U.S. History That You Never Heard Of, and Why It’s Still Important Today,” will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall. It is free and open to the public.
