Carol Edwards will host knitting classes at Bluffton Public Library, beginning Saturday, Oct. 2, and continuing until Saturday, Nov. 6. The classes will be held from 10 a.m. to noon.
Space is limited and registration is required. For more information, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org, visit the library or call 419-358-5016.
Bluffton Hospital will hold a "topping out ceremony" for residents, community members and associates Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. in the new Bluffton Hospital concrete parking lot (corner of Kibler and Harmon Roads).
The ceremony will celebrate the completion of the first phase of construction on the Bluffton Hospital expansion project. It will also mark the placement of the last structural beam.
Superior Energy Solutions of Ottawa and Bluffton has two of its systems on the Ohio Solar Tour Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2 and 3, according to Dan Klear of Superior Energy Solutions.
The firm is a Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur affiliate and also is a member of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
First Mennonite Women's 20-10-11 programming is underway. In September the organization met on Sept. 13. Seven additional meetings following during 2010-11.
Oct. 11 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., project day in Fellowship Hall. Business and a lunch are at noon. Hostesses are Wanda Pannabecker and Irene Hamman. For World Food Day, members are asked to bring items for the Bluffton Community Assistance Program food pantry.
This Lone Star quilt was created by Melvena Hilty in 1930. It was one of dozens of quilts on display at Maple Crest during Saturday's fall festival. The full-size quilt, now owned by Jo Ann Hilty, was hand-pieced and hand-quilted.
The Bluffton High School cross country team competed Saturday at the Van Wert County Hospital Invitational, the site of their upcoming conference meet.
The girls placed 7th of 13 teams and the boys placed 13th of 16. Competition was tight, and Bluffton ran in the faster of the two divisions.
