Several Bluffton junior high students earned superiors and excellents at the March 20 solo and ensemble contact. Results follow: Superiors (I ratings)
Julian Harnish, piano
Julian Harnish, oboe
Lauren Yost, piano
Lauren Yost, clarinet
Emily Sycks, piano
Andrew Hoff, baritone
Rachel Woodruff, piano
Emily Sycks, violin
Jacob Bishop, violin
Kyle Kahle, violin Mouret String Quintet (Kyle Kahle, Rachel Woodruff, Pamela Fischbach, Landon Cluts, John McCall)
The Bluffton Music Boosters annual chicken barbecue is Friday, March 26, from 4 to 9 p.m. in the middle school. Pre-sale tickets are now on sale in the school offices. Tickets are $6.50 for either chicken or shrimp dinners. It is recommended to purchase tickets in advance.
Chelsea Ross, a sophomore at Bluffton High School, was recently invited to attend at expo/convention in Dallas, Texas. The event is for professional agents seeking modeling and acting talent.
Ross will attend the event as she has recently graduated from John Casablancas, Cincinnati. There she took classes in modeling, runway and acting.
She has been involved in several photo modeling shoots. She is currently welcoming local sponsorships to enable her to attend the expo in Dallas. She is also selling candy bars as a fund raiser.
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By now many citizens have received their census form. As you can see, it is much shorter than before. Only 10 questions! The questions don't ask about income or citizenship. They just want to know how many people live in your home, name, gender, and race.
It's simple and it's easy. The sooner you fill it out and return it, the easier it is for you. It won't get lost and you won't get a home visit.
Gregory S. Reichenbach, Bluffton attorney, has announced that he is focusing his practice on representing persons who have been harmed by unfair, deceptive acts and other illegal business practices.
With an office in Bluffton, he is able to take appropriate cases from west central Ohio and beyond.
Reichenbach said that his practices has three main areas. These are:
The Mennonite Memorial Home has an open invitation for persons interested in meeting new people and helping others.
A volunteer is needed in the twice monthly 'nail spa." This volunteer, according to Mary Ring, volunteer coordinator, will file and polish assisted living residents' nails.
Volunteers are also needed to transport residents in wheelchairs to the chapel for Sunday worship service. Help is needed from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for that event.
First Mennonite Church senior high youth fellowship will hold a fundraiser meal following church on Sunday, March 28. Proceeds from the event will go toward the youth group's service trip to Pine Lake Fellowship Camp in Meridian, Mississippi, planned this summer
The Friends of the Library invite persons to spend an evening with Jane Austen and enjoy a tea that will include a light meal. Austen, author of "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility and other novels, is coming to the Richland Room in the Bluffton Library at 5:45 p.m., April 29. Christie Weininger Raber, director of the Wood County Historical Center and Museum, will portray Jane.
It's the first week of spring, but let's think about Christmas for a moment.
You've watched the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza set up across from Harmon Field for the past two holiday seasons. Ropp Triplett, the mastermind behind the project, thinks there could be several more of those light shows, but on smaller scales, scattered around Bluffton for the 2010 holiday season.
