RICHMOND, Ind. - The Bluffton University baseball team dropped an 8-3 decision at Earlham College on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The Quakers defeated Bluffton for the second straight Tuesday, improving to 10-7 overall and 5-3 in the Heartland Conference. Bluffton slipped to 10-8 and 3-5 in the HCAC.
The public is invited to hear Native American flute music at the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Bluffton Town Hall. Performer Janice Trytten (Sunflower) is a Native flute player and as a professional horn player in the Cincinnati area.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) and Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s host their annual Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
The Easter egg hunt takes place come rain or shine. There is no rain date. Children ages 8 and under are invited to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets and have their parents take their pictures with the Easter Bunny.
Doughnuts are donated by Community Markets and hot beverages will be provided by MHCO.
Barbara Plaugher, involved in a lifetime of helping local organizations, is the Bluffton Lions Club 2016 Citizen of the Year.
Details about her recognition program are at the end of this story.
Among her volunteering includes organizing 25 Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) missions to underdeveloped nations, and participating in 20 of those missions. She is the VOSH-Ohio secretary, newspaper editor and board member.
You may have seen Jim Bemiller at Common Grounds, usually drinking coffee with an interesting crowd.
But, he’s never seen you. He is blind. Jim invites Icon viewers to his world on Friday evening.
His invitation is to “Eye Can!” It’s from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 7, in the Rhodes State College, Lima, Science Building, Room 100.
The evening is a collaboration of three groups. One is the Starlight Club, Lima, a support group of visually impaired and blind persons sponsored by the Lions Club.
Other sponsors are Rhodes State College and the Toledo Sight Center.
On Apr. 6 at 6 p.m., join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with a “VoxPop” Poetry Reading. Guests may take turns reading one or more of their own original poems. Sign-in to do so begins at 6 p.m. while the reading begins at 6:30 p.m. There will be popcorn and soda pop for participants and audience members to enjoy.
The Addams Family musical comes to the middle school stage later this month in a show featuring every father's nightmare.
Performances are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 23. Kara Zink directs the performances. Tickets are on sale in the middle school office during school hours. Reserved seated at $10 and general admission tickets are $5.
