The Pandora United Methodist Church choir will present their Easter Cantata, "Praise the God of Resurrection” on Sunday, March 29 at 9:30am during the worship service. The church service and refreshments in the fellowship hall afterwards are open to the public.
The choir is directed by Pat Basinger and accompanied by Kira Davis. The church is located on state route 12 at 108 E. Washington Street in Pandora. The Rev. Duane Kemerley is the pastor. Go to www.pandoraumc.com for further information.
Lugibihl Spray Service, 6705 Tom Fett Road, Bluffton, has lawn and garden supplies and lots of other supplies for persons interesting in getting a jump on their spring lawn care.
Lugibihl offers:
• Grass seed and soil tests
• Round-up Quik Pro
• Lawn fertilizer with crabgrass control
• Blended fertilizer for lawns
• Garden fertilizer
• Lime and gypsum
• Spray for lawn weeds
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The Palm Sunday services at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will be led by the high school age youth. They will provide special vocal and instrumental music at 8 and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 29.
The students of Trinity School and the choir will sing, “Hosanna! Ride On!.” Bible classes for all ages begin at 9:20 a.m. All are welcome.
Hilty Home, Pandora, will host an Easter egg hunt on its front lawn on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m., sharp. There is no rain date.
The event is sponsored by Hilty Home and Hilty Preschool and Child Care. Age groups for the hunt include: ages 3 and under, ages 4-6 and ages 7-10. There will be prizes for each of the 3 age groups.
Prize tickets will be hidden in three eggs of each age group. The Easter Bunny will also be present and parents are welcome to take their child's picture with him.
Sixth and seventh graders at Bluffton Middle School have been working on a cross-curricular research project that will culminate in a fun evening of students presenting their findings to their families and community, according to Jackie Bourassa, teacher.
She told the Icon: "The standards for both Language Arts and Social Studies require students to conduct a research project, gather relevant information from multiple sources, present information in a formal style and share it with an audience.
The following story was posted in Ada Icon in the interest of Bluffton viewers.
By Amy Eddings of Ada Icon
The latest phase of Ada's Water Resource Plan has identified scores of potential sources of contamination to the village's drinking water, including large-scale animal farms, crude oil pipelines and privately-owned injection wells.
Village Administrator Jim Meyer provided updates on the nine-year-old project for Ada’s Community Improvement Corporation during their meeting last Wednesday at Ohio Northern University.
Shirley E. Benham, 78, of Beaverdam died at 7:25 a.m. March 22, 2015 at her residence.
Shirley was born June 28, 1936, in Orange Township, Hancock County to the late John and Cora Balmer Marquart. On Nov. 7, 1957 she married Billy A. Benham and he preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 2009.
She was a homemaker and had worked as an executive secretary at the A.J. Heinz Company, Bowling Green. She was a 1954 graduate of Ada High School.
Dr. Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, professor of English and co-coordinator of gender studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., will explore “Men, Women, and the Stories We Tell About ‘Us’” in Bluffton University’s annual Women’s Studies Forum on March 31. Free and open to the public, her talk will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
