Posted by Fred Steiner on February 21, 2020 - 9:53am
The Bluffton University men's basketball team played host to Heartland Conference rival Defiance College on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the last regular season 2019-20 game at the Sommer Center.
Bluffton rolled to a 68-52 win, improving to 15-9 (11-6 HCAC) on the strength of a school-record seventh consecutive HCAC victory. Defiance fell to 11-13 and 6-11 in the conference. The Beavers will be a top four seed when the tournament field is set following Saturday's games.
Here are results of Bluffton musicians from Saturday's solo and ensemble contest held at Lima Senior, for both band and strings. David Sycks is the band teacher. Rachael Lewis is the strings teacher. Kara Zink is the vocal teacher.
Superior rating
Patrick Estell, vocal solo, Class A
Ana Neufeld Weaver, vocal solo, Class A
Ladies Quartet, vocal ensemble, Class B
(composed of Libby Frazier, Jordyn Garmatter, Amy Jebsen, Addy Wright)
Book signing by ONU professor Monday at the Ada Public Library
Posted by Icon K on February 21, 2020 - 6:00am
By Barbara Lockard
Scott Douglas Gerber, law professor at Ohio Northern University, will discuss his latest novel, “The Art of The Law,” at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 24, at the Ada Public Library.
Topic of the presentation will be, “Why a law professor writes fiction.” The program is free and open to the public.
While in law school, Gerber read some novels by Attorney John Grisham (legal mysteries). He liked the genre and thought he’d give novel writing a try.
Introducing this year's J. Denny and Jenny Beavers
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2020 - 3:40pm
One of the most tightly guarded secrets at Bluffton University is the identities of J. Denny and Jenny Beaver.
Even the closest of friends, roommates and family members of the students who portray Bluffton’s mascots may have no idea who is actually in the suit.
However, another generation of Beavers have concluded their mascot mission and are prepared to tuck away their tails for the next group of eager Beavers. Here are the newly identified Beavers, revealed on Saturday.
Lots of free hands-on science activities on Friday
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2020 - 3:27pm
Want to make your own lava lamp?
The Bluffton PTO invites families to elementary science night from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21, at the elementary school gym and cafeteria.
Lots of free hands-on science activities are part of the evening. In addition to lava lamps, there are stations to test how fast you can throw objects of different weights using a radar gun.
Other activities include building foil boats and test how much weight they can hold, make ice cream, explore ONU’s mobile health clinic and make a water filter and then filter dirty water.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2020 - 3:09pm
Cory-Rawson HS art students this month have works on display on the second floor of Mennonite Memorial Home. This photo series shares a selection of those works. This piece is by Jenison Davidson, a sophomore. Other artists in this series include Averie Elchert, sophomore and Mackenzie Cascaden, junior.