Traci Heinz, Bluffton, was named to the dean’s list for the Bluffton University Cohort-based Organizational Management Program (BCOMP) for the fall term.
Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.
BCOMP is an accelerated degree-completion program that creates a dynamic, learning community of adults. Students who complete the program demonstrate commitment to personal development and professional advancement within the area of organizational management.
Several programs of interest to gardeners are planned this spring by the Allen County Master Gardeners.
Details follow:
March 7-April 25 – Master Gardener Volunteer Training for: Allen, Hardin, and Hancock at the OSU - Lima Campus. Classes are Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Contact the Extension Office www.allen.osu.edu for more details. The deadline to register is Feb. 20.
There’s a new pizza shop in town and it’s throwing a free taste party on Saturday.
Marlena Ballinger of The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., said the downtown shop is now offering pizza.
The pizzas are already available for customers and a launch party to introduce customers new the new item takes place starting at 8 a.m., Saturday.
“Stop in from 8 to noon for free cooked samples of our Take ‘n Bake Pizzas,” she said. “We will also have plenty of frozen pizzas on hand for customers to purchase during the party.”
Bluffton University’s Musselman Library will host its fourth annual Celebrate the Library Week, Feb. 6-10. The week is a time for discovery and community for students, faculty, staff and emeriti. The goal of this week is clearly stated in its tag line: “Celebrating Student Research and Creativity.” The week includes a variety of activities such as the First Tuesday Forum, a health and wellness expo and a research fair.
Dozens of scholarships will be awarded to incoming Bluffton University students who participate in the Presidential Scholarship Competition at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Two students who participate will receive a full-tuition scholarship, valued at more than $121,000 over four years. The recipients are chosen based on an essay written during the competition, overall grade point average and standardized test score.
All competition participants will receive a $1,000 annual scholarship for attending this prestigious event.
Julie Friesen, director of programs, Community Justice Initiatives in Waterloo, Ontario, will present her speech titled “The Elmira Case Film” at 11 a.m., Feb. 7 in Yoder Recital Hall.
She will reflect on a documentary film about how a drunken rampage in 1974 in Elmira, Ontario, Canada, helped to launch the worldwide restorative justice movement and also began her agencies’ innovative work in restorative justice.
An Animal Tracks and Signs nature program takes place Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. at Oakwoods Nature Preserve’s Discovery Center, Findlay. You’ll learn how to look for and identify tracks and signs, take a hike to see what animals have been on the trails, and make your own track to take home.
All ages are welcome. Register with $2 per person by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2. There is a minimum six and a maximum of 30 participants. Oakwoods Nature Preserve’s Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center is located at 1400 Oakwoods Lane, off County Road 144, west of Findlay.
Doris D. Conrad, 91 died Jan. 26, 2017, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
