Dr. Ilana Luna, assistant professor of Latin American studies at Arizona State University, will present her speech titled “Behind the Lens: Mexican Women Make Movies” for Forum at 11 a.m. on March 22 in Founders Hall. This is Bluffton’s annual Women’s Studies Forum. The event is free and open to the public.
The Fort Findlay Stamp and Postcard Club marks its 63rd year with their annual show, FINPEX 2016. This year’s themes for the FINdlay Philatelic EXhibition are “Findlay’s Hot Air Balloon History” and “Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the First Transpacific Balloon Flight.”
This year’s show dates are Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A special show postmark and cover commemorating our Hot Air Balloons will be available for sale on each day of the show.
Up-and-coming musicians will compete on March 19 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall during the Lima Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition for Strings. The competition will culminate with a finalists’ concert at 7:30 p.m.
During the competition, participants in two divisions compete for cash awards up to $600 and the opportunity to perform during the finalists’ concert. Auditions for the evening concert begin at 1 p.m. Both the concert and the auditions are free and open to the public.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the All-Region honorees for the 2015-16 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field season.
To be named All-Region, an athlete must either be ranked in the top-5 of an individual event in the region according to final TFRRS data or be part of a top-3 relay team.
The history of and recollections from persons who have lived at one time or another in the Swiss Community Historical Society's Swiss Homestead is the theme of the Swiss Society's spring meeting on March 13.
Lima Municipal Court Judge David Rodabaugh, Magistrate Richard Warren, and former resident Bill Triplett are each part of the Friday, March 11, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast program.
In addition, the chamber will welcome Dr. Matthew Ellerbrock, of Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue, as a new member.
Sally D. Tracy, 77, of Lima died at 4:05 p.m. March 7, 2016 ,at Lima Memorial Health System. Sally was born in Bluffton Aug. 15, 1938 to Ralph and Evelyn Porter Reichenbach. On April 14, 1978 she married Bill Tracy and he survives.
Sally was homemaker. Sally and Bill had operated a soup kitchen at the Calvary Chapel of Praise, Lima. he was a graduate of Bluffton High School and attended Bowling Green State University.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The NCAA announced final selections for the men’s and women’s Indoor Track & Field National Championship at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Bluffton University will be represented by junior Terrill Webb (Kenton) in women’s pole vault. Webb is tied for the 6th-best clearance in the nation among Division 3 athletes.
Narrowly missing qualification were fellow Beavers D’Nae Reese (Columbus/Upper Arlington), who finished 18th in women’s weight, and Edgar Gonzalez (Melvindale, Mich.), who ended up 19th in men’s weight.
