On Saturday, March 19 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Paul Barker of the American Red Cross will teach an adult CPR course. Completion of this course will certify individuals for two years in adult CPR.
All of the workshops will be held in the lower level of the library and require pre-registration. For more information, visit the library, log on to www.blufftonpubliclibrary.org or call 419-358-5016.
On Tuesday, March 15 from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Mary Maas of Bluffton's M2 Interiors and Design will be presenting a free seminar about basic design and organization of the home.
On Monday, March 7 from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Pat Cox will host a jewelry workshop. Participants will learn the craft of stringing (making a string wire) and may make a bracelet for $10 or a necklace for $20.
The Bluffton Lions Club will meet at 11:50 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Maple Crest. Sam Diller is the guest speaker. He will talk about being a small town lawyer.
When Betty Picklesimer heard about the group from St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, that was going to go to Haiti in February, she wondered what she could do to help support such an effort.
The group needed volunteers to go and work on construction crews, to help with the medical needs, and to teach about healthy living and how to avoid getting cholera and other infections.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team hosted the Spartans of Manchester College on Wednesday, January 12. The Beavers held a slim 36-34 advantage at the break before outscoring the Spartans 47-38 in period two. Bluffton picked up another win, bumping its record to 10-4 overall and 3-4 in the Heartland Conference. The Spartans fell to 9-5 and 5-2 in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Manchester, 58-57, on Wednesday, January 12, in Stauffer-Wolfe Arena. Manchester improved to 7-7 overall and 5-2 in the HCAC. Bluffton dropped to 2-5 in the conference and 5-9 on the season.
The Beavers took a 10-2 lead following a Brittany Lewis (Springfield/Shawnee) jumper in the paint at the 14:46 mark. Less than two minutes later, back-to-back baskets by Lauren Hutton (New Riegel) gave the Beavers a 10-point advantage over the Spartans.
Say goodbye to the winter blues by participating in one or many fun events that Bluffton Public Library will host this season.
First, on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Lois Benham of Scrapbooks in Lima, will present a handmade card workshop. Participants will make three handmade cards for friends or family this Valentine's Day. Samples of the cards are on display at the library. There is a $12 fee for supplies and individuals should bring a glue stick and scissors.
Former Bluffton residents Rev. Dan and Edna Dalke will celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary on Jan. 22 with a family dinner. On May 20 Rev. Dalke will commemorate 60 years since his ordination to the Christian ministry. He is presently serving as chaplain of the Pleasant View Nursing Home and Retirement Center at Inman, Kansas.
Communication will reach them at 701 Center St., # 73 Inman, KS 67546. The Dalkes were first residents in the Bluffton Ebenezer Mennonite Church's new parsonage, while he served as the church's pastor for 18 years from 1961-1979.
The most "potent tool" in the American civil rights movement's arsenal wasn't demonstrations or boycotts, or even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or other charismatic leaders, but rather another source of power during those turbulent times, a Bluffton University audience heard Jan. 11.
In an unprecedented move, a grass-roots movement within the movement took the risk of using prayer to create crisis that caught political leaders' attention and ultimately brought change, said Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer, a University of Montana historian speaking at a Bluffton Forum.
