The library is hosting a NORWELD Dremel 3D printer for this month, for patrons to use. If you've never seen a 3D printer or what they are capable of, then stop by for a demonstration. Patrons are welcome to bring a flash drive with a pre-formatted file to print or choose from the selection of items available on the printer. Suggested donations are 50-cents per hour of requested print to help cover the cost of the filament.
With the cold weather today, it’s a perfect time to be thinking about spring and baseball and softball.
Bluffton Diamond Sports is now accepting registrations for the 2019 Spring - Summer youth baseball and softball teams for boys ages 7 to junior high and girls ages 8 to junior high.
Registration must be completed online at BDSonline.org. The registration deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 12. Registration questions may be e-mailed to [email protected].
Riley Creek Baptist Church, 4950 Township Road 27, Bluffton, will observe its 150th anniversary as a church on Sunday, March 24.
The day includes a 9:30 a.m. musical celebration followed by a 10:30 a.m. worship service, followed by a carry-in luncheon. A concluding service is at 2 p.m.
The day’s events celebrate the congregation’s past, present and future.
A community chili cook-off is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the middle school. It benefits the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s food pantry, according to Lynda Best.
The Bluffton Presbyterian Church mission committee sponsors the event. Last year was the first cook-off.
Best needs volunteers to assist. Volunteers are needed to cook and serve chili (there will be a people’s choice competition), organize donations and concession sales, assist with set-up and tear-down and to promote and attend the event.
Sana Musasama, associate adjunct professor in studio art, Hunter College, will present the Bluffton University Forum, “Time the Unspeakable,” at 11 a.m. on Feb. 5 in Yoder Recital Hall.
During Forum, the award-winning ceramics artist will describe the relationship between her sculptures and the challenging human stories encountered in her global travels. Her “Unspeakable,” showing in Bluffton’s Grace Albrecht Gallery through Feb. 22, features a collection of ceramic mixed-media pieces that pose an inquiry into the nature of violence and healing in women’s lives.
As the extreme weather moves out of the region, the Bluffton University campus will have a delayed start on Thursday, Jan. 31, according to the university Facebook.
Campus offices and buildings will re-open 10 a.m. All employees should report to work at this time.
Classes, practices and events will resume as of 1 p.m. The Commons will open at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and Freshens will open at 4 p.m.
Bluffton schools are closed for Thursday, Jan. 31, due to the winter weather. Greg Denecker, superintendent, made the announcement on Ohio Alerts at 7:19 p.m. on Wednesday.
