If there is/was a Bluffton fourth grader in your family, this Thanksgiving turkey project may bring some familiar thoughts to mind. The project goes back to Geneva Shelter's teaching era. It has been continued with her daughter, Tami Hardy.
This turkey was created by Marie Spallinger, current fourth grader at Bluffton. Last week dozens of the American bird graced the walls of the elementary school.
Maple Crest of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) now offers respite care for persons needing temporary assistance, according to Daren Lee, Marketing Coordinator of MHCO.
The new service is available at Maple Crest Senior Living Village. Respite care is also available at Mennonite Memorial Home, both located in Bluffton.
Samantha Lawrence, a Bluffton University senior from Harrod, is president of the 2011-12 Bluffton University student senate.
What's it like being the head of the student governing body of a university? Bluffton Icon intern Jordan Howe talked with Lawrence and his report is on a video accessible here.
The conversation includes an overview of the position, why Lawrence sought the position and what kind of issues does the student senate face.
The 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, Bluffton community meal will be hosted by the people of English Lutheran Church. The meal is at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.
The meal is open to the public. The menu includes barbecue beef and shredded chicken sandwiches, baked beans with vegetbales, casseroles, soups, desserts and refreshments.
John Bracey, executive director of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, will discuss "The Backstory-Funding, Education and Advocacy in the Arts" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Bluffton University's Yoder Recital Hall. The Bluffton Forum presentation is free and open to the public.
Dr. Jonathan Andreas, an assistant professor of economics at Bluffton University, will discuss the ethical reasoning of economics in a Bluffton Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Andreas' talk, titled "The Ordinalist Manifesto: A Revolution in Applied Welfare Economics," is free and open to the public.
Eleven Bluffton University students heard the call for a Christian business response to global poverty at the annual Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) conference this month in Lancaster, Pa.
Technology, including social media, was also among the topics that resonated with the Bluffton students, who were among roughly 600 attendees, including about 50 students from Mennonite campuses and many owners of small and medium-sized businesses.
A meeting of the Village of Bluffton's Fire and Rescue Committee has been scheduled for Monday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m.on the third floor of the Bluffton town hall prior to the regularly scheduled Bluffton council meeting.
Bluffton students were recently if they have ever been disappointed in how a favorite book series ended, or if they can't wait until the next installment is published.
Tied to those questions, Bluffton Public Library created its first-ever teen fiction contest, according to Rikki Unterbrink.
Students were asked to submit an original short story 2,000 words or less with popular, "borrowed" characters for a chance to win fantastic books and prizes including a copy of "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini.
