ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of Industrial Ohio in The Ellen Nelson Gallery, Friday, Nov. 2.
Industrial Ohio is a thematic exhibit, featuring 27 works by 14 artists which focus on the multiple ways in which artists interpret, envision, or relate to the notion of industry, manufacturing, and agribusiness.
The community is invited to the annual "town hall" meeting of the Bluffton Inter-Church Board. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, in the fellowship hall at First Mennonite Church.
Agenda items will include approval of the financial report, discussion of the visioning
process for the Bluffton Community Assistance Program, and a recognition
of Paula McKibben for her years of service as director of that program and
its food bank.
A couple years ago, Cody Ridenour and Chad Stearns decided they needed a change.
Ridenour, a 2008 Bluffton University graduate in music education, was admittedly burnt out from teaching. And Stearns, also a Bluffton music education alumnus, in 2000, had been living “out of a suitcase,” he says, as a pianist and conductor with touring musicals, including “Oklahoma!” and “Hairspray.”
Retired Bluffton businessman, E. Wayne Amstutz, 90, of Bluffton died at 12:18 a.m. Oct. 26, 2012 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
Wayne and his twin brother, Dwaine, were born in Bluffton to Benjamin and Naomi Amstutz on Aug. 30, 1922. When he was 4 years old his mother died. In 1931 his father married Elma Diller. Wayne grew up on the family farm in Putnam County. On Feb. 16, 1947 he married Louise Wilch and she survives.
Bluffton Public Library’s second Holiday Gift Silent Auction begins Nov. 2 during an after-hours preview and will continue until Nov. 21. The library will be filled with more than 70 gift packages, with something for all interests, budgets and age levels.
Ada was once known for its clay tile company. Here's a post card showing the company. The wording, difficult to read states: 'ADA CLAY CO., ADA, O. DRAIN TILE SIZES 3 1/2 INCHES TO 24 INCHES.
The flip side reveals this was a Christmas and new year's greeting from the company. This particular card was mailed to a customer in Dola on Dec. 23, 1919.
Post card from the collection of Leland Crouse, Ada.
BFR will be holding another Longest Loser competition beginning the week of Oct. 29, according to Carole Enneking, director.
Cost is $10 non-member/ $5 BFR members. Each week you must lose at least .2 of a pound to stay in the competition. You must weigh in on the same day each week. You will be awarded one bye week if you remain the same or gain weight. Prize is a three-month membership to BFR.
"The last competition we held lastest 24 weeks," said Enneking. For more information call 419-358-4150 or email [email protected].
With Founders Hall in the rearview mirror, the Bluffton University men’s basketball team is excited to make its mark in the newly-minted Sommer Center. Fresh off their second consecutive Heartland Conference tournament berth, the change of scenery has Bluffton athletes and fans excited for the start of the 2012-13 campaign.
The Bluffton University women's soccer team traveled to Defiance College on a summery Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, and battled the Yellow Jackets for 90 minutes, coming up just short as a Defiance cross slipped inside the back post in minute 70 for the only score of the match. The Beavers fell to 3-11-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the Heartland Conference following a disappointing loss to their rivals, while DC improved to 9-5-4 and 4-2-2 in the HCAC.
