Bluffton Public Library will host a discussion of Beppe Severgnini's book "Ciao America" at Common Grounds Coffeehouse & Caf'e at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Severgnini is an Italian journalist who has written a story about moving from Italy to live in the United States for one year. "Ciao America" is his humorous take on the American lifestyle.
Tickets go on sale Monday, Aug. 2, for the 2010-11 Bluffton University Artist Series, featuring performers from Cleveland to Croatia and sights and sounds from Russian to percussion.
The Allen County WIC office and Lima Parks and Recreation Department will hold a "Walk in the Park," in August, according to Lori Nester.
The event is from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 7, at Faurot Park shelter house number 2, in Lima.
The activity is in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week.
Participants may take a stroll around the one-quarter mile path, visit displays and information tables of a variety of organizations and businesses that serve families.
We've seen lots of vanity plates, but this one is in a class by itself. Why Cook? What do you suppose is the story behind this plate spotted on Main Street.
On Saturday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Christie's on the Square, 101 S. High Street, Columbus Grove, and the Alzheimer's Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter will raise funds for local community individuals, families and friends suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another related memory loss disorder.
Beth Kuntz, a junior and Spanish Education major at Bluffton University from Covington, Ohio, traveled to Colombia on Wednesday, July 14, as part of a delegation sponsored by Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).
Based in the oil-refining city of Barrancabermeja, the delegation will visit and support the Colombian Women's Social Movement Against War and for Peace.
It's the Bluffton Post Office. But, look closely. How many things in this photo can you see that have changed since the photo was taken in the 1940s? Check out Main Street. It's brick. Look at the trees on the lawn. Closely examine the sidewalk widths. The modern ramp is not there, nor is the zip code above the doorway, or the white house behind the post office or the building to the north. One more thing: look closely at the post office doors. They have been replaced. We almost forgot. The lawn slants toward the sidewalk; there's no wall there.
The high and low daily temperatures continue to resemble basketball game scores. However, the games this week are blowouts, with the winners hitting the 90s most of the time. Here are the official high and lows of the past seven days, recorded by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
When John Dillinger held up Bluffton's Citizens National Bank and relieved it of $2,100, no one in town, let alone the nation, knew that a day was coming when he would be designated "Public Enemy Number One." For years, the date of that daring five-minute holdup, August 14, 1933, burned in the memory of Bluffton citizens.
