The Bluffton University men's basketball team traveled to Pioneer country to face HCAC rival Transylvania on Saturday, January 22. A 19-of-33 afternoon at the line allowed Transylvania to slip away with a 67-65 HCAC win over the Beavers. Bluffton had its four-game winning streak snapped as the visitors fell to 12-5 overall and 5-5 in the Heartland Conference, while Transy improved to 12-5 and 6-4 in the HCAC.
Phyllis Lydia Ehrman Moser, 90, of Bluffton died at 6:25 a.m. Jan. 22, 2011, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born May 6, 1920, in Henrietta, Ohio to Elmer O. and Gertrude (Kneisel) Portmann. On Aug. 8, 1945 she married James H. Ehrman and he died Dec. 5, 1994. She married Rolland Ward Moser on Sept. 19, 1997 and he died Nov. 21, 2008.
Over 100 items make up this year's Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary Auction. The silent auction hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 24-26, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, Jan. 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Items are on display in the second floor conference room at the hospital, according to Diane Stratton, auxiliary president.
Bluffton University and Defiance College battled for bragging rights Wednesday night - in a men's basketball game and a women's game.
Although it is not Ohio State versus Michigan or North Carolina versus Duke, the rivalry to these basketball teams and schools meant just as much. The intensity and emotion created two outstanding games, which for some, will be unforgettable.
When the dust settled is was Bluffton 2, Defiance 0.
Sons of Adam, a rock band, will perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Bluffton town hall in the next Town Hall Concert Series performance.
The evening's opening act starts at 7:30 p.m.
"Some call it Folk, Indie, Alternative Rock, Apple-Core. But anyone raised in the '80s to '10s will recognize this style of music as their own, and anyone who loves earnest rock and roll with real musicianship involved will enjoy it," said Wendy Chappell-Dick of the cultural affairs committee.
Bluffton University's Grace Albrecht Gallery will host two events Friday, Jan. 28, with painter Andre' Martinez Reed, whose exhibition of oil paintings, "Etudes in Liberation on Paper: Hands, Heart, Mind and Rhythm," is now on display in the gallery.
Reed, director of the Henry Gregg Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., will present a painting demonstration and gallery talk from 8-9:50 a.m. that day.
Bluffton University students who participated in the Peace and Conflict Resolution Program in Northern Ireland during fall semester 2010 will share their experiences at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Founders Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.
