The Bluffton University volleyball team rolled through Wilmington in three sets (25-18, 25-17, 25-8) on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Wilmington fell to 1-12, while the Beavers upped their season tally to 6-7 following their fourth straight victory.
Senior Jessie Gibson (Warsaw/River View) was on fire from the start, hammering home 11 kills against three errors for a .348 hitting percentage. Table setter Erin Weisgarber (Bolivar/Tuscarawas) hit at a ridiculous .600 clip thanks to seven kills and one error on just 10 swings.
Area residents received an invitation in the mail this week to make a contribution to the 2018-19 United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township.
This year’s campaign goal is $26,500. Ten area non-profit organizations benefit from contributions.
Becky Boban, a Bluffton University senior, will present “Beyond the Words” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Boban, a senior from Madison, Ohio, is an art and writing major who spent the summer of 2018 pursuing her passion for writing. Through grants from Bluffton University, she attended two writers’ workshops and honed her craft.
Boban has been published in “The Merrimack Review,” “Asterism,” “Periphery” and “Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal.”
“Unexpected Decisions,” focusing on advanced directives and Ohio DNR, will be presented on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 12-1 p.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 Elm St., Bluffton. The presentation is approved for one contact hour for social workers and nurses.
Presenter Niki Sidle, MSW, LISW-S, will discuss the challenges individuals encounter when required to make difficult decisions and how medical professionals can support those individuals. Sidle is bereavement coordinator at Bridge Home Health & Hospice.
Lions throughout the state have been challenged to screen all children in the age group of 3 to 6 for eye pathology.
For the sixth year Bluffton Lions have been screening children’s eyes ages 3 and into kindergarten.
Local schools and day care facilities have been compliant in obtaining parental consent for this eye screening, making the volunteer process go quite smoothly.
Dr. Jennifer Hohman, M.D., pediatric hospitalist, joined the Bluffton Hospital staff this month in a new service offered by the hospital.
She joined the staff on Sept. 4, and is able to admit youth who require hospitalization. Her focus is newborns through 18-year-olds.
In addition, she is in training with Dr. Lorie Thomas to see persons in the Beyond MedSpa at Bluffton. Here, she will handle laser hair removal, laser facials involving removal of age spots and administer Botox injections. Her Beyond MedSpa treatments involve women and men.
A “family equipping workshop” will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 13, in the lower level of the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.
The workshop is most appropriate for parents and their children who are in Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to Cornerstone of Hope Christian Counseling, Lima, the group leading the event.
The cost of the workshop is $25 for families of four or less, $30 for families of five or more.
As part of Bluffton’s Fall Festival, the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) Service Group is holding its annual Silent Auction from now through noon Saturday, Sept. 22. All items are displayed in the Mennonite Memorial Home lobby, 410 W. Elm Street, Bluffton.
Exceptional Bluffton University alumni will be honored this year during two events on Homecoming, Oct. 13. Alumni who have reached milestones of professional achievement and lifetime service are recognized at the evening President’s Banquet while inductees to Bluffton’s Athletics Hall of Fame will be celebrated during a brunch event.
This year, the Outstanding Young Alumni Award will be presented to 2008 graduate Michael Stulman, a native of Findlay, Ohio, in absentia. Richard (Dick) Ramseyer ’57, of Bluffton, Ohio, will receive the Lifetime Service Award.
