Friday, March 8 was a busy day for Niese Tire & Service Center with ribbon cutting ceremonies at its new Bluffton and Ada locations. Owner Kyle Niese has expanded his Ottawa based business to include a 319 N. Main Bluffton location that opened in January 2024 and a 3032 State Route 309, Ada location that is now taking appointments.
Do you send email to friends or family who have a Bluffton.edu alumni address? It's time to update their contact information.
Due to increasing security concerns and to keep student data safe, Bluffton University is no longer able to offer an “email for life” to its alumni community. The following announcement was made on Facebook:
"Alumni accounts will expire March 21, 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding that our top priority is to protect personal information Bluffton maintains on behalf of our students, faculty and staff.
"If you have any questions, please email [email protected] for assistance."
The March monthly meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be Wednesday evening, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.
Heart & Vascular Specialists of Northwest Ohio, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, is extending its hours at Bluffton Hospital, 139 Garau St., to include full-day clinics twice a month.
Bluffton University Theatre will present the play “Pride and Prejudice” by Kate Hamill and based on the novel by Jane Austen from March 21-24. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on March 21-23, and at 2:30 p.m. on March 24 in Ramseyer Auditorium in College Hall. Dr. Melissa Friesen, professor of theatre and communication, will direct the show.
The Bluffton Public Library will be holding a book discussion with Robert Antibus on Tuesday, March 26 at 6:00 p.m. He will be discussing the book American Eclipse by David Baron.
The Pandora United Methodist Church Choir will present their Easter Cantata "Praise the God of Resurrection" written by Mark Hayes, Lloyd Larson, Joseph M. Martin and Ruth Elaine Schram on Sunday March 24 during the 9:30 a.m. worship service.
Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.
By Bill Herr
There was one group of residents in the nursing home that had something in common–the veterans. Each had a story to tell. Here are three stories they told me.
An Air Force veteran was in charge of the radio on a B-17. On a mission his plane was shot up badly and was flying back to the base. Two enemy planes approached from the opposite direction and passed on the sides. They turned around and came up behind the B-17. The resident said he made his peace with God. It turned out the planes were piloted by friendly Swedish pilots that escorted the B-17 safely back to the base.
An Army veteran was in a body of American soldiers that marched through what appeared to be a deserted German village. At the edge of the village they looked back and saw a German soldier waving a white flag where they had just been. The resident was the only soldier that could speak German so the commanding officer asked him to go back and speak to the German soldier.
