Mary Kay Weis, 62, of Ottawa, died 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at her residence. She was born May 25, 1957, in Lima to the late Thomas and Ruth (Inkrott) Ellerbrock. On May 9, 1981, she married Bill Weis and he survives in Ottawa.
Work on Interstate 75 will affect traffic patterns soon, according to ODOT.
Interstate 75 will experience a traffic switch as additional traffic is added to the southbound side overnight Friday, Nov. 15, into the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 16. The shift is expected to begin after 9 p.m. and is expected to minimally affect traffic.
Donald "Don" H. Burkholder, 87, died Nov. 13, 2019, at 10:46 p.m. at Willow Ridge - Frieda House, surrounded by his family.
Don was born Oct. 28, 1932, in Bluffton, to Hiram and Martha (Augsburger) Burkholder who both preceded him in death. On Oct. 8, 1954, he married Dorothy (Hardwick) Burkholder who survives in Bluffton.
Don graduated from Bluffton High School in 1950. He was a sergeant in the United States army and served as a medic in the Korean War.
Both the Middle School and Elementary kindergarten classes are collecting food items for the Bluffton Food Pantry. Below is a list of non-perishable items which the food pantry currently needs.
The food pantry kindly requests no glass containers.
For kindergartners
Bring your donated items to your classroom. Deadline is Friday, Nov. 22
For the Middle School
The goal is 500 items from each class. Food items can be dropped off in room 107 (Mrs. Ault). Deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Volunteering could be painting nails or playing games. There's a wide range of ways you can volunteer at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio. See list below and contact Jessica Strahm, volunteer coordinator at [email protected] or 419-358-1015, extension 248 for more details.
Willow Ridge Nail Spa
Volunteer to paint nails one day a week in the Frieda House Games
Volunteers to play “One on one” games including:
Alaina Shearer, a seasoned speaker and professional change maker, will share her personal and professional journey toward positive social change at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Yoder Recital Hall.
In Shearer’s professional journey, she quickly realized after graduation that extreme sexism and gender discrimination were rampant in her chosen industry - broadcast journalism and then, again, in her second career path: advertising. In 2016, Shearer realized this wasn’t sustainable and founded her own company – Women in Digital (now Together Digital).
A brown bag discussion, free and open to the public, is from 7-8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, on the third floor of Bluffton town hall, 154 N. Main St. BCE will provide dessert. RSVP to [email protected] or (567) 525-6667.
The Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) is asking three former competitors “Why enter the business plan competition?” at a 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, brown bag discussion at Bluffton town hall.
The Bluffton Community Assistance Program is busy this time of year.
Jami Crawfis, who directs the program's food pantry, provided the following details for persons, groups and organizations interested in adopting a family, an individual or interested in providing donations this holiday season.
Crawfis said that there are over 60 families receiving assistance.
Copies of the program are at the bottom of this story -
Scott Edwards will perform an organ recital open to the public at 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, at English Lutheran Church, 111 Grove St., Bluffton. The recital also includes a hymn sing. The program is hosted by the church and Maple Crest.
The recital includes solo organ works, hymns with audience participation and a reception following the program.
Edwards is organist at English Lutheran Church and First United Methodist Church.
By Cort Reynolds
DEFIANCE - The Bluffton boys soccer team had four players receive All-Northwest district Div. III honors recently in voting conducted by area coaches.
• Senior Matt Daws and junior Jonathan Schriner were each named first team all-district.
• Pirate junior Simon Derstine was voted second team all-district.
• Sophomore Jude Spallinger was voted honorable mention all-district.
