Bluffton University will host concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho in the Pearl Bogart Mann Memorial Piano Recital on Feb. 25 as part of the 2009-10 Bluffton University Artist Series. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. Limited seating is available.
Contact the box office at [email protected] or 419-358-3239 for ticket information.
Bluffton University will host a workshop for area music teachers 1:30-3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial hall.
The workshop is "Making Your Band Room a Smarter Place: Incorporating SmartMusic and the SmartMusic grade book in your band room." No RSVP is necessary and the workshop is free.
Bluffton residents are invite you to attend the Collegiate Employ-Net Job Fair on March 26 in Toledo, according to Kathy Dickson. "Find full-time, part-time, internship, co-op and seasonal candidates. Connect with college students and alumni from 17 colleges and universities. Connect to hundreds of majors," she said.
The event is from 10 a.m until 2 p.m., with set-up from 9-9:30 a.m.. It will be held at the Student Health and Activities Center at Owens Community College. The registration cost is $125. To register, please visit collegecentral.com/employ-net.
By Darrell Groman
Bluffton Cub Scout Pack 256 held its Blue and Gold Banquet on Feb. 7 at the Ebenezer Mennonite Church. Twenty-five cub scouts and 10 leaders, along with their families and friends attend the banquet, held annually nearest BSA's founding date of Feb. 8, 1910. Highlighting this event was the celebration of Scouting's centennial.
Keynote speaker was Jerome Gray of the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center in Findlay. Gray invited the cub scouts to visit the library.
Note: We couldn't afford to send our Icon intern to the winter Olympics, but he did file this column on one of his favorite sports: hockey.
ByAustin Arnold
If there is one positive thing that can be drawn from the recent winter weather the area has received, it might have helped some of us get in the mood for the winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
