The Gilboa Twig Benders Mother's Club plans to hold a one-day trip to Holmes County on Saturday, Oct. 8. The club will travel on a 55-passenger bus operated by Excursions Trailways. The cost of the trip is $30 per person.
The bus will depart from the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center at 6:15 a.m. and will return to Bluffton by 9 p.m.
Reservations are required via check made payable to Twig Benders Mother's Club. Reservation deadline is Monday, Sept. 26.
Reservations may be mailed to Tonya Deitering, 3337 Road I, Leipsic, OH 45856. Her phone is 419-943-2799.
Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs holds its third annual dinner and art auction fundraiser in November. The event is Saturday, Nov. 12, at The Centre. An art preview is at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:15 p.m and auction at 7 p.m.
Pieces for the auction are being juried this month. Tickets for the evenign are $50 each. Contact BCE or its board members for information on purchasing tickets.
ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of "Bluffton University Faculty and Their Students," a double exhibition of recent works, with a reception for the artists on Friday, Sept. 16, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
The exhibit will feature works by the current faculty of the department of art at Bluffton: Gregg Luginbuhl, department chair, Phil Sugden, and Andreas Baumgartner, as well as work by recent and current students, including Kelsey Greeley, Becky Lutz, Maegan Rohdes, Melissa Rex, and Amy Deland.
Join "Gourd Man" Keith McClelland to discover the magic of gourd-carving at Bluffton Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. He will demonstrate how to carve gourds with a Halloween theme.
This demonstration is free to the public and will be located in lower level of the library. Please register at the library circulation desk.
The residents of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio enjoyed the day visiting the Allen County Fair in late August.
This is an annual event for many of the residents and volunteers. They look forward to the food, the exhibits and they have fun reminiscing about the past fairs they have attended, accoridng to Julie Stratton, MHCO marketing director.
Virginia Spillman, Mennonite Home resident, poses with her great-grandson, Dylan, and his prize winning rabbit.
The Bluffton Baptist Church will host a fall tent crusade at the church Friday through Sunday, Sept. 30, to Oct. 2, according to John McMinn, pastor.
Events will take place in a large tent on the Baptist church lawn. The crusade features Brian Fossett from Georgia, 2007 evangelism director of the Southern Baptist Convention. Michael Wilson from Texas, an upcoming artist, will be the contemporary worship leader.
Another 5-0 whitewash by the Bluffton High School girls' tennis team upped its winning streak to nine as Fostoria High was the latest victim.
None of the three Pirate singles performers lost more than a game per set as Ashlin Gable, Emily Sprague and Kristi Geiser tallied straight set wins. All have recorded 10 or more singles victories this fall.
Shaye Liddick and Shannon Koch also had little trouble in gaining two sets, while Rachel Sehlhorst and Bronwyn Greer needed a third-set tiebreak to gain their win.
Kevin Mohr, pastor of English Lutheran Church, head the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) in 2011-12. He and a slate of officers were named at the BAMA reorganizational meeting for 2011-12 held earlier this month.
Other officers are Steve Yoder, First Mennonite, recording secretary; Louise Wideman, First Mennonite, treasurer.
Outgoing officers were Eric Rummel, Emmanuel UCC, president; Carol Clements, St. John's UCC, recording secretary and Carol Inkrott, St. Mary's Catholic Church, treasurer.
ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of "Bluffton University Faculty and Their Students," a double exhibition of recent works, with a reception for the artists on Friday, Sept. 16, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
The exhibit will feature works by the current faculty of the department of art at Bluffton: Gregg Luginbuhl, department chair, Phil Sugden, and Andreas Baumgartner, as well as work by recent and current students, including Kelsey Greeley, Becky Lutz, Maegan Rohdes, Melissa Rex, and Amy Deland.
