My sister-in-law recently commented on her blog that her life must seem boring to those who read about it. I think she's dead wrong. If only she knew how often I read her blog not just because she's my beloved sister-in-law, but because I need to be entertained. Not a blog goes by that doesn't get at least one laugh or "awwwwwwwww" out of me.
"It's just really fun to add the atmosphere to an event," Krysti Schey of Bluffton, said.
Krysti is the keyboard player and vocalist for a local band named 5 Myles High, a group that provides a little bit of jazz, swing, blues and Dixieland sound when they play at various events.
The group formed over three years ago when Krysti was asked by a friend to play some jazz at their wedding.
"I rounded some people up and we had so much fun playing at the wedding we just decided to keep doing it," Krysti said.
It's Bluffton's largest garage sale of the season - and the season hasn't even started!Q
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club will hold its seventh annual community garage and craft sale from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26, and from 9 a.m. to noon, on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Centre, 601 N. Main St.
Alice L. Cross, 95, died at 12:42 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. She was born Oct. 5, 1914, in Allen County to Francis and Ruth (Swick) Lewis. On Aug. 25, 1956 she married William Harold Cross and he died July 17, 1967.
Mrs. Cross was a nurse at Bluffton Hospital and had also worked at Parkview Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Ind. She was a member of Beaverdam Church of Christ and Bluffton Senior Citizens. She graduated from Beaverdam High School and obtained her nurse's training at Bluffton Hospital.
Writer and poetess Julia Levine who lives and works in Davis, Calif., will read her poems in the Bluffton University Musselman Library Reading Room Tuesday, March 16, at 4 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.
Levine's poetry collections include Dutch-tender, Ask which received the Tampa Review Prize and Practicing for Heaven which was recognized with a 1998 Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Levine has also received numerous awards including the Pablo Neruda Prize in poetry and five Pushcart Prize nominations.
Joel Wildermuth , a junior from Sidney, and Caleb Elsea, a junior from Findlay, will participate in the Bluffton University Student Senate President Debate during Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. The debate will be moderated by Dr. Troy Osborne, assistant professor of history. Forum is free and open to the public.
Perhaps we ought to take the February thermometer to Kirtland's. Could they place a new timing belt on it so it will rise? Since Monday, Feb. 15, the area temperatures have registered a low of -1 and a high of only 38, and only for a fleeting moment on Sunday, Feb. 21.
During this same period snowfall was recorded at slightly over 5 inches. Here's the daily high and low from Feb. 15, as recorded by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The Bluffton High School junior class will hold a prom dress sale from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 13, in the BHS cafeteria.
Persons may bring their prom dresses and homecoming dresses to sell at the event. Those dresses must be brought to the high school between 3:30 and 6 p.m. on Friday, March 12.
This is a cash only sale. No checks will be accepted. The event benefits the junior class post prom committee.
"We are in limbo," explains Robin Wilch of Groves' Bear store.
The North Main Street business owner says that in order to go forward three parties need to agree on something: a structural engineer, her insurance adjustor and a representative of the state, who approves building code occupancy.
Until that happens the business remains closed to customers.
"Nobody wants to take the responsibility in writing (to allow her to reopen her shop)," she says,
Registration is now open for early spring programs at BFR (Bluffton Family
Recreation), according to Carole Enneking, director. Due to the wintery weather in February, some youth classeswill delay their start dates and last only 6 weeks instead of 7.
