The camp for children who love to sing returns to Ada this summer.
Summer Sounds Choral Festival is a half-day day choral experience for rising 2nd through 9th graders where they learn choral repertoire and performance techniques, develop their musical skills through movement and music games, and have special classes with Orff-Schulwerk instruments. Camp dates are Aug. 5 to Aug. 9.
Experienced music teachers teach all classes and are assisted by ONU music majors and local, talented youth.
Beginning Sunday, June 2, and continuing through Labor Day weekend, St. John's United Church of Christ goes to summer hours for Sunday School and the Worship Service.
The hours are 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship Service.
Rockport United Methodist Church will holdits annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 27. The service will start at 11 a.m. in the cemetery and will progress to the church.
The guest speaker will be Greg Coleman, pastor of Cairo and Rockport United Methodist Churches. A luncheon will follow.
The church is located at 5505 Rockport Road, rural Columbus Grove.
Here's a photo from the 1961 Bluffton centennial pageant at Founders Hall. From left, James Szabo, Earl Lehman, Joanne Niswander, Jean Triplett and Jack Purves.
Maple Crest ladies and their guests were treated to a Far East Garden Tea on May 16, surrounded by the beauty of living flowers and plants from the Stratton Greenhouses and Asian décor from the Bluffton Et Cetera Shop and the Findlay China Rose Restaurant.
Elaborately arranged focal points and photo spots were designed by volunteers Janette Reineke, Sandy Schroll and Marilyn Shelly.
The afternoon began with refreshments that included vegetarian spring rolls with duck sauce from the China Wok Restaurant in Bluffton and authentic Japanese Green Tea from Alice Ramseyer.
