The Children's Choir at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, will present the musical "Blast Off! Discovering the God of Creation," twice on Sunday, April 28. Performances are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Nearly 65 youth are involved in the production. The church is located at 15988 Road 4, Pandora.
The story takes place in a little girl's dream the night before going to a space camp. In the dream Rudy and her two siblings find themselves in a space shuttle flying through the atmosphere.
Bluffton High School senior Zach Wilson signed a letter of intent to participate in wrestling at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., on April 25.
Wilson will join Head Coach Steve Martin, this fall, and the Monarch wrestling team after a distinguished career at Bluffton High School. Finishing his career with a record of 173-20, and a winning percentage of 89%, Wilson ranks 3rd in winning percentage all time at Bluffton.
The ArtSpace/Lima Spring Show 2013 will open Friday, April 26, with a public reception for the artists and their friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Ellen Nelson Gallery.
Spring Show 2013 is the 58th annual exhibit of that name at ArtSpace/Lima. Entries are accepted from within a 100-mile radius of Lima in the following categories: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, digital art and mixed media.
Bluffton University presented its top athletics awards April 16 to an Academic All-American in football and a standout in women’s soccer and track and field.
Thomas Gingrich of Goshen, Ind., received the A.C. Burcky Award as senior male athlete of the year, while Maddie Moore of Linn Grove, Ind., won the Kathryn E. Little Award as outstanding senior female athlete. Both student-athletes are majoring in biology and pre-medicine.
Bluffton High School’s musical "Alice in Wonderland" was presented on the middle school stage on April 12-14. This story written by Morgan Schroeder in a Bluffton High School art class, instructed by Vickie Garmon, tells about some of the behind-the-scene work.
The story states: The musical takes a lot of preparing, but it’s not all about memorizing lines. There’s much more that goes along with it, like preparing for the sets."
