December 2013

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Bluffton High School girls' basketball team defeated visiting Lincolnview 57 to 43 Thursday in a Northwest Conference contest.

Sarah Schriner lead the Pirates with 17 points. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story for Bluffton's box score.

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Why go out of town when everything you need for Christmas can be found in Bluffton?

Each year the Icon canvasses Main Street businesses to find Bluffton-made products, or products with a Bluffton label. This year’s list comes very affordably priced and includes items for persons with a wide variety of interests.

Here’s our list, as we walked up and down Main Street – please forgive us if we’ve omitted something.

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The annual Texas Roadhouse Restaurant holiday fundraiser is now underway at BFR Sports and Fitness, according to Carole Ennekiing, BRF director.

Gift Cards with values of $15, $25 and $50 are on hand in limited supply; large orders can be pre-paid and picked up at the Bluffton facility. The cards may be used at any Texas Roadhouse restaurant in the United States.

BFR receives 10% of the total value of sales. Cards will be available through the end of December. Contact BFR by calling 419-358-4150 for more information.

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Jim Kinn, Kirtland's Auto Sales, 302 N. Main St., announces a new Manager's Special. The vehicle is a 2011 Ford Fusion SEL listed at $13,995. For all the specs on this car open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.

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A special afternoon Christmas Eve service by the students of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, called "The Carols of Christmas” will be held on Friday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. in the church at 301 N. Main St., Jenera. The students from Pre-school through Eighth Grade will tell of the birth of Christ through Word and Christmas hymns.  Pre-service music by the youth will begin at 12:30 p.m.

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Frustrated with technology? Register for free one-on-one training sessions to get individualized help with learning the basics about a tablet or laptop, digital downloads, job & career search tools, using your online library account, and much more!

Appointment sessions are available on a first come, first serve basis and are limited to one 60-minute session per person, per day. Please note that library staff are not able to repair equipment, perform upgrades, troubleshoot equipment or software problems, including antivirus programs.

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Rikki Unterbrink, former youth services coordinator at Bluffton Public Library, is among four librarians who are national recipients of the 2014 Penguin Young Readers Group Award, presented by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC). Unterbrink is now on the staff of Amos Memorial Library, Sidney.

She is recipient of a stipend worth up to $600, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, which enables her to attend an American Library Association’s Annual Conference.

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Claude F. Boyer, 84, of Bluffton died at 5:50 a.m., Dec. 17, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Aug. 2, 1929, in Quakertown, Pa., to the late Marcus and Reda Meck Boyer. On June 29, 1952, he married Mary Maust and she survives.

Boyoer was a retired Mennonite minister. He served at Deep Run Mennonite Church, Bedminster, Pa., First Mennonite Church, Sugarcreek, First Mennonite Church, Reedley, Calif., and Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora.

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“Ghostlands,” a multimedia exhibition that explores landscape art, will open Jan. 6 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.

Featuring the work of Ian Breidenbach and Landon Crowell, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Jan. 26. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12.

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Ken Heffner, director of student activities at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will reflect on the relationship between the church and popular culture in a Bluffton University forum Jan. 7.

Speaking at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, he will address “Why should we care about Arcade Fire? A Christian approach to popular culture.” His presentation is free and open to the public.

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