By Hannah Chappell-Dick
Last Saturday, the Pirates travelled to the Ottawa-Glandorf Blue/Gold CC Invitational, the site of their district competition in October. It's a confusing course in some ways, with crossing paths and tight turns.
In the Gold division race (Bluffton was in Blue), a few girls finishing in the top ten were disqualified for unknowingly cutting a portion of the course.
Mission Sunday will be celebrated at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, on Sunday Sept. 26.
Gary Lupe will be the guest speaker during the Bible Class time beginning at 9:20 a.m. He will speak on the mission efforts in Apache land. Worship service times are 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
In the nearly 30 years that we've been married, we haven't taken many risks, except for buying three houses and having two children. For the most part, we're cautious -- probably overcautious -- he more than I. Blame that on the fact that I'm the only girl in a family of four older brothers -- they taught me to do things that our parents never knew about until after the fact.
There was a time in license plate land when the only vanity plates were owned by HAM radio operators. Today the HAM plate continues to stick out because of its unusual combination of letters and numbers. The Icon spotted this plate from Summit County in a Bluffton University parking lot.
Bluffton's next America Red Cross blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 160 N. Spring St.
How to Donate Blood
To schedule an appointment to donate please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org for more information.
Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), meet weight and height requirements (110 pounds or more, depending on their height) and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.
