April 2022

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Bluffton University’s Masterworks performance will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10 in Yoder Recital Hall. Reservations can be made at www.bluffton.edu/tickets.

The concert, featuring soloists and a chorus, will include parts 2 and 3 of Handel’s “Messiah.” Dr. Young Bo Kang, Bluffton University director of choral activities, will conduct. 

The chorus, comprised of University Chorale, Camerata Singers and Choral Society, featuring Bluffton-area community members, held rehearsals weekly in order to prepare for this event.  

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Allen County Public Health has issued the following update:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its recommendations to allow certain people who are immunocompromised and people age 50 and older to get another Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech booster at least 4 months after their last dose to increase their protection against severe disease from COVID-19.  In addition, adults who received their first vaccine and booster of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least 4 months ago may also receive a second booster dose using the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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By Matthew Piehl, Beaverdam Bunch reporter

The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H club held it's election of the 2022 year on March 28. Gavin Kruse will serve as president of The Beverdam Bunch 4-H Club for the 2022 year.

The other new officers for this year are Vice-President Braeden Ackerman, Secretary Carly Hannum, Treasurer Addie Businger, News Reporter Matthew Piehl, Health Officer Will Steiner, Safety Officer Payton Camper, and Recreation Leaders Gabe Foster and Jonathan McKanna.

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The Bluffton University softball team kicked off Heartland Conference play with a pair of exciting walkoff wins over Rose-Hulman on a chilly Saturday, April 2, 2022. Bluffton improved to 8-10 overall and 2-0 in the Heartland Conference, while RHIT slipped to 11-5 and 0-2 in the HCAC.

Bluffton erased a 3-0 Rose lead in the bottom of the third when Madison Jones (West Milton/Milton Union) and Bobbi Adams (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) hit back-to-back dingers. The shot by Adams was still climbing when it cleared the scoreboard in left field!

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By Ezra Deitering, Bluffton University sports information assistant

The Beavers baseball team made their way to Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, April 2, to square off in a doubleheader with Franklin College to open Heartland Conference play. Bluffton fell to 6-11 overall and 0-2 in the HCAC, while Franklin upped its mark to 17-5 and 2-0 in the conference.

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By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School softball team lost a tough non-league doubleheader at St. Marys Saturday, April 2.

The Pirate girls dropped to 0-3 with the defeats. Bluffton lost the opener 5-0, and lost the shortened nightcap 8-7.

St. Marys jumped on top in the first inning of the first game on a three-run homer by pitcher Karsyn McGlothen. 

The Roughriders added two more scores in the fourth frame with the aid of a Kaylynn Mabry RBI double.

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By Fred Steiner, www.blufftonforever.com

Roscoe Evans, who helped construct and then for 23 years was in charge of maintenance on the world’s largest pipe organ, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The website www.blufftonforever.com offers additional details, photos and links to the famous organ. This story was originally published in the Oct. 14, 1937, Bluffton News.

Maintenance man and caretaker of the world’s largest organ, which requires a building 10 stories high to house its 33,056 pipes is the job of Roscoe Evans, formerly of Bluffton, who was here visiting old friends during the past week.

The former Bluffton man an expert on organ construction has been responsible for the care and tuning of the great organ in the Atlantic City Convention hall since it was completed four years ago.

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On Friday, April 1, the three largest spaces in the Bluffton Elementary and Middle School were filled with families exploring activities related to science, technology, engineering and math during the Elementary PTO Science Night. The Middle School gym, cafetorium and Elementary School gym were packed with people lining up and participating in all kinds of entertaining and educational challenges. Examples of stations:

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By Ryan DeMarco, CRPC ®, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 111 N. Main St., Bluffton, 567-226-4506

We all hope for long, healthy lives. But there’s a serious “side effect” of longevity – the possibility of outliving our money. How can you help prevent this?

It’s useful to know the seriousness of the threat. Consider this: About 41% of all U.S. homes in which the head of the household is between 35 and 64 are projected to run short of money in retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

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Apollo Career Center, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima, has announced that the following students from the Bluffton school district have been named to the third quarter honor roll:

A Honor Roll

Anna Edwards, Micha Minnig

A/B Honor Roll

Levi Augsburger, Rylee Setzer, Jacob Szabo

Apollo Career Center has more than 20 programs to prepare students for whatever is next after high school. Associate schools are Ada, Allen East, Bath, Bluffton, Columbus Grove, Elida, Hardin Northern, Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Wapakoneta.

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