Dr. Earl W. Lehman, 89, of Bluffton died at 5:27 p.m. Sept. 24, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. He was born in Riley Township on May 22, 1922, to Albert and Pauline Zimmerly Lehman. On Sept. 29, 1945 he married Edith Stuckey and she preceded him in death on April 7, 2011.
Dr. Lehman retired from Bluffton College where he was professor of music education, vocal and instrumental director and Chairman of the Music Department.
The Bluffton Middle School Student Senate will hold a spaghetti dinner at Bluffton Middle School on Friday, Oct. 14, prior to the LCC/Bluffton football game.
The dinner will be held from 4-6 p.m. and will include spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, bread stick and a cookie. Meals are $6 each. Tickets may be purchased from any middle school student or in the Middle School office.
Proceeds will benefit student activities held throughout the school year.
Opening Reception: for "Sculpture Works," by Greg Mueller, 2-4 p.m., Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibition continues through Nov. 20; gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
"A Theological Response to World War II," Keeney Peace Lecture by Dr. Ted Grimsrud, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall. Grimsrud is a professor in Eastern Mennonite University's Bible and Religion Department.
"A Novelist in Yellow Springs: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," by Dr. Susan Carpenter, associate professor of English, 4 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
Author Program: with Dr. Alex Sider, assistant professor of religion and author of "To See History Doxologically: History and Holiness in John Howard Yoder's Ecclesiology," 4 p.m., Musselman Library Reading Room
