To support the local Ronald McDonald Houses, Lewis Family McDonald’s, including Bluffton's McDonald's is offering small Shamrock Shakes for $1.25 from March 13‐17, and will donate 25 cents from each shake sold to our local Ronald McDonald Houses.
Here's the Shamrock Shake-Ronald McDonald House story
Since first launching in the U.S., the Shamrock Shake has built an almost cult‐like following. But the beloved minty green treat has another legacy that even its most loyal
fans may not know.
First National Bank this week announced new board member John B. Arnold and the appointment of Chris Alexander as City Executive for the Findlay market.
In addition, three new staff members joined First National Bank. They are Dave Walter, System Administrator and Security Officer, Michelle Brandt, Compliance/BSA Officer and Jen Vastano, Marketing Director.
The Bluffton HS Academic team took first place out of 15 teams at the Wright State University Scholastic Bowl on Friday, March 6.
The win qualifies the team to compete in the Ohio Academic Competition Regional Tournament in April. Team members from left, Alton Burkholder, Christopher Harnish, Katie Scott, Elizabeth Nisly, Noah Woodruff and Brice Metzger.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University flame thrower Kevin Every (Zanesville/West Muskingum) was a force on the hill during a 4-4 trip to Florida and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
The sophomore tossed a complete game in his first career start, allowing three hits and only one unearned run with nine strikeouts in a 24-1 complete-game victory over Finlandia. Every came back two days later, throwing a shutout inning of relief in a 7-2 win over Alvernia.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Senior Chloe Shell (Covington) capped a great opening week in Florida by being named the Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week after leading the Beavers to a solid 7-3 start. It marks the third consecutive year that Shell has been named Player of the Week for her work in the Sunshine State!
A California pastor will address the importance of Sabbath in Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week forum on Tuesday, March 17.
Justin McRoberts, from Shelter Covenant Church in Concord, Calif., will speak about “Sabbath—The Still and Isolated Road to Active Unity in Christ” during the 11 a.m. forum in Bluffton’s Founders Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, back from a spring-break tour in seven Midwestern states, will reprise the tour program, “Sing Ye Praises with understanding,” in the annual Camerata Home Concert on Sunday, March 15. The concert, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall, is free and open to the public.
A Bluffton University faculty member who has conducted research in the Ferguson, Mo., area will present a March 13 campus colloquium aimed at helping provide better understanding of the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting last August.
Dr. Walter Paquin, assistant professor of social work at Bluffton University, will discuss “Ongoing ‘American Apartheid’: St. Louis County 1990-2010” at 4 p.m. Friday in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.
The March meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will take place on Tuesday, March 17. Members and guests will dine at the Wild Hare BBQ, 903 W. Main St. in Van Wert at 6 p.m. A short business meeting will follow.
At 7 p.m, members and guests will tour the Van Wert County Courthouse at 121 E. Main St. Built in 1876, the Courthouse is a Second Empire structure and in 1974 was designated Van Wert County's first entry on the National Register of Historic Places. The public is invited.
