Let's take a trip. The Bluffton Senior Center announces the spring and summer trip schedule for 2012 and there's plenty of room for anyone interested. Here's this year's itinery:
March 3 - "Fiddler on the Roof" at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert.
March 10 - "Lima Beane Barbershop Harmony Show" at Lima Civic Center.
The Bluffton women's basketball team dropped their third straight road contest to Manchester College (70-50) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The Beavers slipped to 8-14 overall (6-9 HCAC), while the Spartans improved to 15-7 on the season (11-4 HCAC).
Members of the Bluffton High School Freshman Choir sing during the Feb. 8 senior citizens breakfast at the middle school. The choir is directed by Kara Zink. Click for a video.
Appearances at about 45 events (and counting) this academic year attest to the popularity of J. Denny Beaver, the Bluffton University mascot.
With that kind of demand, it has taken three Bluffton students to perform J. Denny's duties. Their identities were revealed at halftime of the men's basketball game on Feb. 8 during a "beheading" ceremony-the only time that college mascots traditionally remove their costume heads in public.
Fred Rodabaugh will offer his observations on Bluffton over the past half century during the Friday morning, Feb.10, chamber breakfast. Rodabaugh is a life-long Bluffton resident.
He graduated from Bluffton High School in 1965. He attended Bluffton College and then served in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. Upon returning from active duty he re-enrolled and graduated from Bluffton College in 1974, majoring in business.
