Bluffton University will present its 125th performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, via livestream at www.bluffton.edu/music.
Instead of recording a traditional concert, the music department teamed up with Modo Media, a Lima-based video and design agency, to develop a retrospective. Co-owners Chad Stearns ’00 and Cody Ridenour ’08, both participated in “Messiah” as Bluffton students.
Harry A. Heise, 85, diedon Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 6:22 a.m. at his residence, surrounded by his family.
He was born on Nov. 26, 1935, in Athens, Michigan, to the later Edgar and Pearl (Jones) Heise. On Aug. 18, 1962, Harry married Dianna Cordes of Alpena, Michigan. and she survives in LaFayette.
Bluffton school board prepares for the end of 2020 as it meets one final time this year. The agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
The board will act on the purchase of a new 84-passenager school bus at a cost of $92,890, from Cardinal Bus Sales and Service. The purchase is through a joint purchasing program with The Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council.
The board will act to renew a seven-year term on the Bluffton-Richland Public Library board for Emily VonStein, covering January 2021 to December 2027.
Why does the sign read: Bluffton Richland High School above the school building as it faces Main Street?
Isn’t it just “Bluffton High School?”
Here’s the background: From 1921 to 1929 Bluffton High School was maintained as a joint high school of the Village of Bluffton and Richland Township, under the charter name of the Bluffton-Richland High School.
Now it gets rather complicated, and this is the short version:
In 1943, the Ohio legislature passed legislation “providing for recodification and revision of the laws of Ohio pertaining to public schools.”
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On Thanksgiving Day 1956, Elvis Presley performed twice in the Toledo Sports Arena. Two days later he performed at the Troy Hobart Arena, just north of Dayton.
In 1956, without an interstate highway, the most direct route from Toledo to Troy went through Bluffton on old U.S. 25, which was Main Street.
Due to the rise in COVID-19, St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, is not open to in-house worship services at this time.
However, each Sunday’s service is recorded and posted on the church website and Facebook page, as well as YouTube.
The weekly worship services go live on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m., and may be accessed at www.blufftonstjohns.com where a link to YouTube is provided. The services are also posted on our Facebook page.
Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services will hold a virtual Tree of Remembrance memorial service at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, at for those who have lost a loved one this year or in years past.
For more information about the service or to RSVP for the service call 419-358-2051 or email [email protected].
Butternut squah is now available from Seasonal Sun Farm, 7272 Hillville Road, Bluffton.
It is grown without chemical fertilizer or harmful pesticides. Stores well for 1-2 months. Sells for 50 cents per pound while supply last. Can be delivered in and near Bluffton, or you may pick it up at the farm.
This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.
(RxWiki News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new test that can detect neutralizing antibodies from a past SARS-CoV-2 infection. It's the first test of its kind.
The FDA has granted more than 50 antibody (serology) tests an emergency use authorization (EUA). This newly approved test, called cPass SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit, was one of them. But this test is different.
