Morgan Campbell, a Bluffton University senior and food and nutrition major from Hillsboro, has four brothers.
She knows first-hand just how much they eat and just how picky they can be about what they eat.
So when choosing a semester-long topic to develop for the class Nutrition Education and Communication, the choice was simple. Campbell answered the question “Can family meals provide the best of both worlds: low cost and healthy?” The answer she discovered - yes!
Fifty years ago Dick Boehr, Gene Benroth and some other downtown merchants had a crazy idea: Let's have an old car. It might bring people to Bluffton.
Fifty years later it continues to take place and continues to bring people to Bluffton.
And, not surprisingly, 50 years later, the cars that are classic today were new in 1967. Who would have thought!
You can except nearly 200 vehicles that grew up on leaded gas to return to Bluffton on Friday, for the 50th Bluffton Festival of Wheels cruise-in, sponsored by the Bluffton Lions.
The 5th annual William T. Ellerbrock SIDS Foundation golf outing takes place Friday, Aug. 11, at Sycamore Springs Golf Course, 11492 Township Road, Arlington, according to Matt and Crystal Ellerbrock.
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Early bird registration before July 14 is $240 per team of four. Participants will receive a complimentary Bun in the Oven Package. The package includes four mulligans, four drink tickets and 20 door prize tickets, a $40 value.
Due to the closure of East College Avenue's because of gas line work, the Bluffton Family Recreation women's tennis tournament scheduled for Saturday, June 17, will be moved to a later date. That date is not yet set.
The tournament will take place in Bluffton at the Howe Tennis Courts on East College Avenue, across from Harmon Field.
Ronald D. Cramer, 81, died June 14, 2017 at Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora. Ronald was born May 30, 1936, in Bluffton to the late Paul and Vivian (Billings) Cramer. On Nov. 24, 1956, he married Sharon Kohler Cramer and she survives.
Ronald graduated from Cory-Rawson High School and was a duck farmer. He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church in Rawson. Ronald had been a Union Township Trustee for 25 years and enjoyed model airplanes and cars.
By Monty Siekerman
FROM ADA ICON - You've heard their music throughout Ada since June 2, now the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps is ready for their Thank You Ada concert. The free concert will begin at 8 p.m. at the Dial-Roberson Stadium on the ONU campus.
After practicing in Ada, the Cadets will take their show on the road from coast to coast, competing against other corps from the U.S. and Canada. The 15O-member Cadets Corps includes more than 100 musicians.
At a special Bluffton council on June 14, council voted unanimously to hire Jack Huber as Bluffton’s next village administrator.
In a news release from the village, Huber, formerly from Bluffton, said that he is looking forward to working with the mayor, council, and staff and serving the community at large.
Huber holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration and has a diverse professional and managerial background, working in both public and private sectors, according to the news release.
Masterpiece Signs, 902 N. Main St., will again host a monthly Bluffton Cars and Coffee this summer and fall, according to Tim Boutwell.
The event is an “informal gathering for enthusiasts and their cars.” The monthly cars and coffee event continues through October. It is always held on the fourth Saturday of the month.
Each event is from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the following Saturdays: June 24, July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 23 and Oct. 28.
Boutwell said that it is open to all makes, models and vehicle years. There’s no charge to attend and door prizes will be given away.
