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.
The Inn at Ohio Northern University offers Thursday Tea at the Inn every Thursday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Inn. The garden courtyard is open for seating (weather permitting).
On Thursday, Nov. 18, the featured tea is Maharaja Chai Oolong Tea paired with Spice Cake, in addition to a selection of Chef's Tea Sandwiches, Scones, Pastries, Tarts and Petite Fours. Champagne is also available.
A new flagpole was dedicated in connection with the Veterans' Day program at Trinity Lutheran School, Jenera. Staff Sgt. George Norway, a Trinity graduate stationed with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, helped eighth grade students Jacob Edwards and Kyle Sands with the first flag raising.
Speakers at the program included Hubert Rauch, a World War II veteran, Ed Amstutz, a Viet Nam veteran and George Norway, a current Marine.
The Bluffton High School Post Prom Committee is offering great ideas for Christmas gift-giving this year.
As fundraisers for this year's Post Prom, offered are bright-colored t-shirts and sweatshirts with a fun Bluffton Pirate logo on the front, (can add name on back). Order forms available at the BHS office or at The Sports Warehouse. The order deadline is Nov. 23;.
I recall as a schoolboy in the late twenties on Armistice Day at 11:00 a.m. being instructed by Miss Biederman (and the next year by Miss Steiner) to lay my head down on my desk in remembrance of those who died eight to ten years before in the World War--no WWII then on the horizon.
There was the school janitor, Mr. Potee, and his brother with war disabilities to remind us of veterans. I had just outgrown a khaki wool suit which my mother had made from an army uniform a neighbor gave her.
Note: A torn anterior cruciate ligament is an athlete's worst nightmare. Here are two stories on how ACLs have affected Bluffton University athletes.
Photo and story by Derek Woods, Icon student intern
A.C.L.! The last three letters you don't want to hear if you are an athlete of any kind. Those are the letters Mike Johnson heard this summer. During a practice in summer camp for the Bluffton University football team, Johnson tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This experience would change his life.