Emergency Council meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 18 for consideration of a contract award for critical public water infrastructure repair.
Where are you from, what's your major at Bluffton and what year are you?
My hometown is Botkins. I graduated Anna High School in 2009 and am a junior at Bluffton University. I am majoring in communications with a minor in pre-law.
Who was the first person from Bluffton who you met?
The first person I met was Melissa Mesojec who was the Resident Advisor for Ramseyer Hall.
During this Christmas season we all want to be generous to the poor.
Fair trade is a wonderful way to do this while checking off your gift list for friends and family. Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system. Fair trade includes sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural practices, and focuses specifically on fair labor practices and prices.
Bluffton Hospital contractors state that there may again be some lane closure on Harmon Road as they continue to make new utility connections in particular this will involve new water lines.
The mason is nearly finished with brick and stone work for this season.
The building has started to be enclosed with temporary materials that will allow a workable environment to be maintained inside the building and work to continue through the winter.
Three floats were winners in the Blaze of Lights parade and three downtown businesses were winners in the downtown window decorating contest, sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Float winners
Float winners in the Blaze of Lights parade were:
Maddie Essinger of The Centre staff places a prize in the fish pond during the Blaze of Lights Morning Extravaganza on Nov. 27. The morning event attracted several hundred persons for its first-ever addition to Bluffton's Blaze.
