On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Bluffton police officers were called to Riley Creek Court subdivision with regard to a missing elderly man. The 6:46 a.m. call to police triggered a response that included an Allen County Sheriff’s Office canine, and three Bluffton police officers. The 87 year old man was last seen by his wife before midnight (November 20, 2012).
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora/Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.
In order to pick up a box, you must register by 5 p.m. on Dec. 17 by calling 419-384-3905.
Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, December 22 at 11 a.m. at the Pandora United Methodist Church located on State Route 12.
Nancy Armour is the winner of Week 4 of The Icon Football Contest. Nancy, Chris Conley and Jim Dillman each correctly picked 12 games this week. Chris was eliminated in tie-breaker 1 (picked Ohio State to win by 8 or more). Nancy and Jim picked the same tie-breakers. Since The Icon received Nancy's picks first she is declared the winner.
Special services for Advent will be held on Wednesdays, November 28, December 5 and 12 at 7:00 pm at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera.
The theme of the three is "God is Near: and will focus on preparing our hearts for the coming Savior.
Christmas For Kids will be held at Trinity Lutheran School, 105 Allen Street , Jenera, on Saturday, December 1 from 1:00-4:30 PM .
The program will provide children in pre-school through 4th grade a special opportunity to hear the real message of Christmas, along with Christmas crafts, music, refreshments and fun.
An American Red Cross blood drive is scheduled in Bluffton, Thursday, Dec. 6, from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. at First Mennonite Church, located at 101 S. Jackson St.
While walk-in donors are welcome, donors are encouraged to make appointments. To make an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or go online at www.redcrossblood.org.
Thanksgiving to New Year’s is a time for holiday generosity and tax-minimizing thrift. Last year, about 25 percent of the Ohioans who filed federal individual tax returns claimed tax deductions for charitable donations, to the tune of $4.7 billion.
Dr. Rudi Kauffman and Heather Koontz, assistant professors of restorative justice and social work, respectively, at Bluffton University, will present a program at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, on a chapter they co-authored in a new book about restorative justice.
The event is free and open to the public beginning with a 3:45 p.m. reception in the Musselman Library Reading Room on the Bluffton campus.
Khanjan Mehta of Penn State University will discuss social entrepreneurial ventures and how technology has impacted Africa during a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Mehta’s presentation, “Solar Stews and Digital Funerals: Stories from East Africa,” is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Mehta is director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program at Penn State, where he earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering.
