Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2010 - 11:06am
By Mary Pannabecker Steiner
Elizabeth Nisly was so touched by reports she read and saw in the days following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti that she knew she had to do something to help. But the 11-year-old Bluffton sixth grader wasn't in the position to travel to Haiti to volunteer.
So, while helping her dad wash the dishes, she asked if they could do something to raise money for the victims of the earthquake. The two narrowed their choices down to a dessert event or spaghetti dinner. The spaghetti dinner won, and Elizabeth began planning.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2010 - 10:32am
Bakery BINGO, a family program of the Elementary P.T.O. has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 20. The event was orginally set for tonight (Feb. 6), according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2010 - 8:18am
Take your sweetheart to a Sweetheart's Dinner Dance featuring The Stan Sterner Big Band from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13, at The Centre, 601 N. Main St., Bluffton.
Reservations are being accepted until Tuesday, Feb. 9, according to Brenda Gaines of The Centre. Persons wanting to make reservations may use Visa, Discovery or Mastercard.
The evening includes hors d'oeuvres at 6 p.m, dinner at 6:30 p.m. and dancing at 7:30 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2010 - 10:37pm
Jack's John Klassen
Meet John Klassen, at least Jack Earl's rendition of John. You'll find him in the gallery of Marbeck Center along with his Kobzar and Earl's Kobzar. John Klassen was an art professor at Bluffton College. To view the other home page feature photos of 2010 click here.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2010 - 6:48pm
Fred,
Jack and I both graduated from BC in 1956 and both of us roomed with John E. Rogers III who also graduated with us. John was from Manchester, CT and was a janitor in Ropp Hall for a time.
Jack painted a floor to ceiling mural on the south wall of their room just off the third floor porch in Ropp Hall. The mural depicts John with his trade-mark huge smile holding a push broom. Don't know if it's still there.