Every young child has his or her hero -- often a celebrity. That's okay...everyone needs a chance to dream. But at some point those heroes get moved to the back burner and a more realistic mentor/hero takes his or her place.
Well, perhaps just the Bluffton Senior Citizens annual winter garage sale. The sale started on Friday and concludes Saturday. The Senior Center on North Main Street is lined with tables of all sorts of items ready to be purchased and taken home. Here is a scene from the event on Friday. To view all featured photos from previous home pages click here.
It's a certain bet. Drive around the Bluffton Hospital parking lot and you are bound to find some interesting license plates. Take this one for example, Do you suppose "MEL" is a registered nurse born in 1976?
This year Bluffton Girl Scout Troop 8 has been working on creating a healthy after school cookbook. At every Girl Scout meeting, the troop members have been cooking and devouring some healthy snacks. To kickoff the beginning of selling its new cookbook, Troop 8 cooked a chili dinner t sold at Common Grounds on Jan. 29.
Transport for Christ (TFC) will host its annual banquet Friday, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m., at Marbeck Center, Bluffton University. Doors open at 6 p.m. Reservations are necessary by Feb. 15. Contact Dave Lugibihl, 419-230-3294 or Nancy Spallinger, 419-296-0360 to make reservations, or to make a donation.
Bluffton University will introduce Mediation Works! - A Public Awareness and Education Project at the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12. The meeting is held in the third floor of the town hall. To RSVP for the breakfast e-mail: [email protected]
Mediation Works! This is the message of Bluffton University's new project to help educate the regional community about Bluffton's mediation program.
Bluffton University's spring enrollment figures are now official. This spring, 1,086 students are enrolled compared to 1,055 last year. The spring semester enrollment is the best in several years and is due in part to 35 new traditional students starting this spring. In addition, graduate student enrollment sets a new record with 130 students.
"Bluffton is very gratified to experience such a strong spring semester enrollment during this challenging economic time," said Dr. Eric Fulcomer, vice president for enrollment management and student life.
Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) and Findlay NOW Magazine will co-host Findlay's second annual Day of Dance on Saturday, Feb, 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The University of Findlay Koehler Center.
The event will combine the fun of different styles of dance, such as ballroom, line dancing, Bollywood, and Zumba, with health screenings and education on heart disease and other women's health issues. Other features will include free product samples, shopping and a fashion show.
The Blanchard Valley Hospital Laboratory has received its annual certification to perform alcohol testing for legal purposes from the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Testing.
Test results supplied by the BVH Lab can be used as evidence in court cases like those that take place in Hancock County and surrounding counties.
Dr. Crystal Sellers, assistant professor of music, will present "From Congregational to Urban Crossover: The Faces and Sounds of Gospel Music," 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall as part of Bluffton University's Friday Colloquium Series. The event is free and open to the public.
Sellers' presentation will discuss gospel music and gospel singing from the creation of the style to the present. Many popular gospel composers and singers will be presented.
