Change of seasons usually brings out interesting outdoor photo possibilities. Here's on example of an early-morning fog on the Buckeye. Click here for a Dennis Morrison Bluffton sunset image. (Jamie Nygaard photo)
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Prior to 1987 it was a farmer’s field. Then DTR arrived.
Larry Core, retired Bluffton village administrator, remembers it this way: “It was biggest thing that will ever happen in my life.”
“It” was the Village of Bluffton’s success in attracting what was DTR, and is today SumiRiko Ohio, manufacturer of vehicle engine mounts, which employees approximately 770 associates working three shifts.
Pandora United Methodist Churchill hold its annual Christmas craft boutique, Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora.
"Come shop our quality crafters and direct-sale vendors. Free admission. Food available for purchase," according to Duane Kimberley, pastor.
Dr. Eric Seibert, professor of the Old Testament at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa., will speak during Bluffton University’s Forum at 11 a.m. on Oct. 30 in Yoder Recital Hall. The title of his presentation is “Following the Nonviolent Way of Jesus: Why Christianity and Violence Don’t Mix.”
The professor will describe the church’s long and ugly history of violence and will call for Christians to promote peace instead.
Norman Beidler, 93, of Turlock, Calif., died on Sept. 19, 2018.
Norman was born Oct. 15, 1924, in Bluffton, Ohio, to parents Harvey and Minnie Beidler. He was a member of the 1939-40 Bluffton High School basketball team that advanced to the state basketball tournament.
He entered the Army shortly after graduating high school and served in Patton's 3rd Army, 249th Corps of Engineers in the European theatre of WWII from 1943-1945. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge.
Dr. Mark Yoder took this series of photos of Jackson Steinmetz scoring a goal at the 40-minute mark in Wednesday’s BHS boys’ soccer tournament game against Lincolnview. Luke Young provided the goal assist.
Bluffton won the game 5-0 to advance to district play versus Continental at Kalida on Wednesday, Oct. 24, with a 5 p.m. kickoff.
First Mennonite Church Senior High Youth Fellowship members are selling fair trade, organic "Menno's Best" One Village Coffee as a fundraiser this year.
Dark, medium and decaf varieties are offered, in whole bean or ground. Each 12-ounce package coffee is $15. For each package sold, the youth group receives $6 and $1 is donated to Mennonite Central Committee’s peace and justice work.
Coffee orders are placed monthly through April, 2019.
Joanne Niswander, Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, has been selected as one of 10 individuals to be featured in an exhibit at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO, Oct. 28-31 in Philadelphia.
“Words of Wisdom” is part of a Public Ageism display located at the Philadelphia City Hall courtyard. The exhibit will be up for the duration of the conference and is designed to educate the people of Philadelphia about the amazing gifts our elders contribute to their communities.
Grace Paquin talked about her experiences training a dog for the Leader Dog organization during the Oct. 2 Bluffton Lions Club meeting.
Grace is involved in the program with her father, Walt, and is doing this as part of a Girl Scout project. Eventually, her training dog, Nova, will return to the Leader Dog organization for formal training to become a dog for a person who may have vision or hearing problems or both.
Additional Lions Club news is in the attached newsletter.
Pictured below, Grace and her father, Walt, with training dog, Nova.
