Soccer camp and Mad Scientist school day out camp; or register for both
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2020 - 1:01pm
Bluffton Family Recreation offers two events for youth during the Monday, Jan. 20, Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday.
Soccer camp
Bluffton University women’s soccer players and coaches will host a soccer skills camp from 1 to 4 p.m. at BFR. The cost is $20 for members or $40 for program participants. The camp is open to ages U8 to high school.
Mad Scientist school day out camp
Campers will spend the day performing experiments and having fun through an assortment of games and activities.
Dr. Jane Wood, president of Bluffton University, will share “A Life In Story: The Construction of Personal Narrative,” during a Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
During the presentation, President Wood will share how individuals construct the “story” of their lives and how they choose to share it in community.
Interstate 75 at Beaverdam, in both directions, will be temporarily stopped for short intervals on Monday, Jan. 20, for the relocation of overhead transmission lines. Work will occur between 9 -11 a.m., but traffic is anticipated to be affected for only 15 minutes while the work occurs.
Traffic control will be provided by LS Equipment, Inc, Delphos. Work is being performed by American Electric Power (AEP).
The Bluffton University women's basketball team welcomed Earlham College to Copeland Court on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. The Beavers picked up another win with a final score of 70-65, improving to 9-5 (3-4 HCAC) while Earlham slipped to 4-10 (3-3 HCAC).
Arthur Woodruff graduate of Allen East, Grace College and Indiana Wesleyan
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2020 - 3:10am
Arthur Woodruff has been appointed as Bluffton University’s vice president for fiscal affairs. Woodruff, who is originally from the Lima area, started his role at Bluffton on Jan. 2.
As a member of the President’s Cabinet and the university’s chief fiscal officer, Woodruff will provide leadership, oversight and stewardship for all aspects of Bluffton's financial resources, as well as oversee business services, human resources and campus facilities and grounds.
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 16, 2020 - 2:51pm
Bluffton’s fire department experienced 24 more runs in 2019 than the previous year, according to Jon Kinn, fire chief.
The chart at the bottom of this story shows calls by type and by month.
The 2019 department’s runs reached an average of one call every three days. Total calls reached 119 (95 in 2018).
The highest number of calls were 33 from alarms, followed by 27 miscellaneous calls, which included service calls, power lines down, weather watches, investigations and dispatched with no incident found.