Here is a list of event open to the public during March at Bluffton University.
March 9 Art exhibit: Opening of senior exhibition by Jill Bornhorst of Fort Loramie; Isaac Schumacher of Bluffton; Gregory Seymour of Orrville; and Luz Varela of Goshen, Ind., Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center. Hours through March 20 are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15. A reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. March 15.
Bluffton Lions Club members are selling tickets for the “shopping spree” to be held at the Community Market on Saturday, April 4.
Lions will sell tickets every Friday and Saturday at the Community Market now through April 4.
Proceeds from this project will go to the Lion’s Scholarship Fund that offers $500 scholarships available to high school seniors in Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and or Cory-Rawson Schools for their fall classes.
Jammin' at the library (Bluffton Public Library) Monday, March 9, 6 p.m.
Q: What's Jammin' all about?
A: We asked Charlie Saylor and here's his response:
Briefly, the idea behind this is to provide a place for folks interested in acoustic music to get together and share some songs. It's intended to be for absolutely anyone who likes, sings, and/or plays.
March is full of events at Bluffton High School. Here's a recent list of reminders to students from the school website.
Attention Seniors: Josten's will be dropping off your graduation orders this Thursday 3/12 during the lunch hour. Apollo student's orders will be dropped off at Apollo on 4/1.
Apollo Josten's Delivery: Seniors who ordered graduation supplies will receive their order at Apollo on Weds 4/1.
A. Keith Moyer, 87, of Bluffton died at 7:52 p.m. March 7, 2015 at Bluffton Hospital. He was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Bluffton to the late Floyd and Alice Steiner Moyer. On Nov. 22, 1952 he married Harriett Burkhart and she survives.
He was a retired professor and assistant director of student housing a the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a member of the English Lutheran Church, Bluffton.
Bluffton Senior Citizens will open its spring season Tuesday, March 24, with a trip to Columbus for lunch at Villa Milano Ballroom and a musical production featuring impersonators of Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra in "Concert That Never Was." Participants will also tour the American Whistle factory, where they'll receive a souvenir. Cost is $82.
Also on the schedule:
April 9 -- Buffet dinner and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” at LaComedia in Springboro. $80 includes visit to Friesinger’s Chocolates.
The United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam, and Richland Township current 2014-2015 campaign has raised $12,363.49, out of the campaign goal of $25,000, according to Neil Reichenbach, United Way treasurer.
STILL TIME TO MAKE A DONATION - PLEDGE CARD AT BOTTOM OF STORY
"The percentage amount raised is 49.45%. If you have not contributed please send your donation to Citizens National Bank Bluffton," he said.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) provided checks of $1,000 each to Bluffton Release Time/Weekday Christian Education and the Pandora-Gilboa Athletic Boosters.
Presentations were made in Bluffton on Feb. 20 and in Pandora on March 3. • The photo above shows the presentation to Bluffton Weekday Christian Education scholarship fund.
• The photo below shows the presentation to the PG Athletic Boosters.
N. LaVonne Sommer, 100, of Pandora, died at 10:08 a.m. March 6, 2015 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born Sept. 20, 1914, in McComb to Walter A. and Tressa Rader Otto. On Sept. 26, 1936 she married James D. Sommer and he preceded her in death on Nov. 8, 1982.
She co-owned and operated Sommer Motor Sales in Pandora. She was a member of Pandora United Methodist Church and a graduate of Rawson High School.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Bluffton University baseball team wrapped up its trip to Florida on a high note, defeating Alvernia College, 7-2, on Friday, March 6. The Beavers head north to the frigid cold of Ohio at 4-4 while Alvernia dropped to 6-3 on the season.
