Ohio voters go to the polls on Tuesday. Locally, the polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
One local issue face Bluffton voters. Voters in Precinct B will decided whether the Bluffton Marathon Station on Main Street will be permitted to have Sunday sales (11 a.m. to midnight) of beer, wine and mixed beverages.
One countywide issue is Allen County Children Services tax levy. It is a five-year renewal of 0.75 mills to support children’s services and the care and placement of children.
The Swiss Community Historical Society invites all Schwyzerdütsch speakers and those interested in the Swiss language to a Swiss speaking get-together on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. in the Family Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Community, Augsburger Road.
Refreshments will be provided. Contact Richard Bucher with any questions (419-358-0505; [email protected]).
An award-winning poet will be the guest speaker for Bluffton University’s annual English Festival, which has been moved to the fall this academic year.
In the English Festival Forum, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in Founders Hall, Martín Espada will offer counsel on the discovery of poetry, the poet’s life and the role of the poet as a citizen in a democracy. His talk, titled “The Republic of Poetry,” is free and open to the public.
Tickets are available for the next performance in the 2014-15 Bluffton University Artist Series, by harpist Bridget Kibbey at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.
One of the world’s foremost theologians will deliver the annual Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University next week.
Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at the Duke University Divinity School, will discuss “How to Remember the Poor” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in Yoder Recital Hall.
His presentation, addressing the central place of charity for Christian discipleship, is free and open to the public.
Keith and Shirley Sommer of rural Pandora, celebrated 45 years of marriage with their family on November 1. They met while doing voluntary service at Camp Friedenswald, Cassopolis, Mich. They were married at Shirley's home church of Eicher Emmanuel Mennonite Church in rural Wayland, IA.
