The Bluffton High School post prom committee will hold a designer purse rafle on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Marbeck Center.
A buffet meal and registration starts at 5:30 p.m. and the reverse raffle starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $35 each and includes the meal. Tickets are on sale at Bluffton High School and Middle School offices.
Persons may reserve a table for eight for $10. Childcare is available on site for $5 per child. For questions or tickets call Nancy Kindle at 567-208-3324 or Colleen Wilson at 4198-682-3393.
The fourth annual Cory-Rawson cheerleading holiday craft show and bake sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at Cory-Rawson schools.
Over 40 vendors will participate. Concessions and raffles are part of the event. All proceeds benefit the C-R cheerleaders. For more details contact Michele Rettig at 419-306-1553.
The 25th Christmas Tree Festival at the Putnam District Library, 136 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa, will be from Dec. 3 to Jan. 5 sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
More than 35 decorated trees will be on display. Saturday, Dec. 3 will feature an open house at the Ottawa Library from 1 to 3 p.m. including music, refreshments and a visit from Santa.
By Monty Siekerman, Ada Icon
Ohio Northern University Art Professor Emily Jay points to a plaster mold of her feet that she photographed to show how landscape affects us. How does this photo show landscape with no trees, mountains, or oceans?
Emily explained that she buried the plaster molds in the dirt in Norway. Upon digging them up a month later, she discovered them cracked, moldy, and slimy...thus, the terrain and weather in Norway affected her molds.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association invites the community to the Bluffton Community Thanksgiving service Thursday, Nov. 17, following the community Thanksgiving meal at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
The community meal begins at 6 p.m., hosted by the English Lutheran Church. The Thanksgiving service will follow immediately at approximately 6:45 p.m.
Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor of English Lutheran said, "Join us for a service of hymns, prayers and sharing, based on an acrostic of the word THANKS."
