The Alaska String Band will perform in the first-ever town hall concert series at 7p.m., Monday, Feb. 15. The event is sponsored by the Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee. Admission is by donation. Concessions are available.
Here's a rare black and white photo of the last-ever steam locomotive to pass through Bluffton. It was in the mid-1980s.
The Lima-built NKP Berkshire locomotive was pulling a steam fan excersion train from Muncie, Ind., to Bellevue. The trackage through Bluffton since has been downgraded by Norfolk Southern. Steam locomotives are too heavy to risk travel on the local rails.
In the early 1940s my parents were students at Bluffton College, a small midwestern liberal arts college. Dad was very shy, Mother quite the opposite. She knew him by name and knew of his family's connection to the college. But she was a rural farm girl with a love for English and music. His heart was in the sciences. You might think that on such a small campus, everyone knew everyone else but apparently that was not so.
It has been brought to our attention that an organization is calling
residents of Bluffton and possibly Beaverdam and Richland Township asking
for donations to support your local area fire departments.
Bluffton Fire Department and Beaverdam-Richland Township Fire Department are not affiliated with this organization in any way. If you receive a phone call regarding this issue please attempt to obtain the caller's name and phone number and contact your police department.
Sincerely,
Chief Jon Kinn
Bluffton Fire Department
Three Ohio Northern University public relations students, including one from Columbus Grove, are partnering with the 2010 U.S. Census in order to win a national campaign competition.
Allison Gribben, a junior public relations major from East Palestine, Jamienne Scott, a junior public relations and Spanish major from Columbus Grove, and Stephanie Rowe, a junior public relations major from Waldo, are participating in the National Bateman Case Study Competition sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America.
Bluffton University students Sarah Diller (Bluffton), soprano, and Brandon Fullenkamp (Wapakoneta), piano, will perform a junior recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the lobby.
Bluffton University recreation students and intramural staff will host Kid's Night Out from 6-10 p.m. March 20. The event is open to children in grades 1-6.
Kid's Night Out is $12 per child if registered by March 18 and $15 at the door. Families who pre-register more than one child pay $10 per child. The money raised from the event will go toward the recreation department's activities.
For registration information contact Tami Forbes, associate professor of health, physical education and recreation, and HPER department chair, at 419-358-3336.
Bluffton University will host concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho in the Pearl Bogart Mann Memorial Piano Recital on Feb. 25 as part of the 2009-10 Bluffton University Artist Series. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. Limited seating is available.
Contact the box office at [email protected] or 419-358-3239 for ticket information.
