Cleora Louise Skinner, 97 died at 5:35 p.m. March 14, 2013, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Nov. 14, 1915 on the family farm in Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio to the late Peter P. and Louise (Fett) Badertscher. She was married to Forest Golden and later divorced.
She attended her first eight grades in a one-room school by the name of Peanut Center located on the corner of PeeVee and Sandusky roads. She graduated from Lafayette-Jackson High School in 1933 and Lima Business College in 1936.
Men's High Series
Name Score
1 Brian Huether 765
2 Thomas Dalton 743
3 John Dailey 735
4 Mark Baden 715
5 Rick Stevenson 715
6 Derek Dukes 712
7 Mike Kirian 711
Andy Martin 707
Women's High Series
Name Score
1 Onalee Shepler 564
2 Elaine McBeth 553
3 Pam Baker 543
4 Ruth Everett 533
5 Gina Bloomfield 528
6 Cathy Wilson 525
7 Marilyn Erford 524
Rebecca McClanahan, guest author for Bluffton University’s annual English Festival, will offer “Some Thoughts on the Writing and Reading Life” in a campus forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, in Founders Hall. Her presentation is free and open to the public.
McClanahan has written 10 books of poetry, essays and nonfiction, including “The Tribal Knot: A Memoir of Family, Community, and a Century of Change,” published this month by the Indiana University Press.
Vocalist Kim (Rupert) Cornelius will perform her Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.
The Ottawa native, a soprano, will sing numbers by Vivaldi, Saint-Saëns and Joseph Marx, plus “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from “Funny Girl,” “Ain’t It a Pretty Night” from the opera “Susannah” and Moses Hogan’s “Give Me Jesus.”
Bluffton University will host an exhibit of art by seniors Rebekah Lutz of Lima, and Ezekiel Tracy of Continental, from March 26-April 7 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The graduating art majors will display work they have created at Bluffton in their senior show, which is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. weekends. A reception will be held for the artists from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 7.
St. John’s United Church of Christ will host a benefit concert for Larry Battle at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 16, at the church, 223 W. College Ave.
The concert will feature the church choir, Michael Lester, Crystal Sellers Battle, Dr. Raymond Wise and others, according to Rev. Carol Clements, pastor of the church.
Battles faces several surgeries, including a gastric bypass and spinal cord surgery.
