January 2014

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Mustard Seed Dinner Features Jan. 31-Feb 1

In addition to 8 main courses, 7 appetizer items, soups, salads and desserts, the following features will offered at Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main Street, Bluffton, this Friday and Saturday nights.

Main Course:  Porter-braised Short Ribs over soft grits with wilted swiss chard, sauteed mushrooms and shallots with our own dijon crème sauce
Soup du jour:  Minestrone
Vegetable:  Lemon Ginger Carrots
Dessert:  Chilled Citrus Sabayon

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Editor’s note: Chay Reigle was among 13 Bluffton University students who studied in Northern Ireland during fall semester 2013. The junior from Bluffton reflects on his experience here.

In some ways, my time in Northern Ireland wasn’t any different than my life here in Bluffton: I attended class, spent time with friends and churned out essays with crossed fingers and a weary mind. In either place, I slept way too little and ate way too many fried foods. In a broad view, the average day here and there is nearly identical.

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A memorial service for Rev. Claude F. Boyer will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton. Rev. Boyer died December 17, 2013. The family will receive friends at the church from 9:30 - 11 a.m.

Click here to read his obituary.

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John Neuenschwander, 69, of Pandora died Jan. 30, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Northwest Physical Therapy's Bluffton office, 215 Snider Road, inside BFR Sports and Fitness, is offering free therapy screens to the Bluffton community, according to Dan Settlege.

Therapy screens are scheduled as 10-15 minute appointments with a licensed clinician and are intended to help determine if therapy intervention is appropriate. To schedule an appointment  call 419-358-6978 and request a free therapy screen. 

Screen appointments are scheduled during regular business hours with some extended availability.

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Miss Vicki’s Music Studio of Ada, is offering free previews of group classes for the second semester.

The studio offers group classes for:
• babies – age 6,
• group keyboard for ages 7 – 9,
• a home-school choir for 11 – 18 year olds,
• and keyboard for adults.

A "Free Preview Week" is Feb. 3 – 7. Class size is limited, and pre-registration is required. Open to all ages. For details, see www.MissVickisMusicStudio.com or call  419-679-8259.

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The opening line from the Denver Post feature reads: "It would take a major catastrophe for Broncos rookie Zac Dysert to play in Super Bowl XLVIII against the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday."

You know it, and he knows it.

But that doesn't mean the 23-year-old quarterback from Miami (Ohio) hasn't enjoyed every moment of his ride to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Sure, he didn't take a snap during the regular season, and even his preseason playing time was sparse — 12-of-23 passing for 179 yards and one touchdown.

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Ruth Ann (von Stein) Bormuth, 90, of Rawson died at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 at the Arlington Good Samaritan Center, Arlington. She was born on April 2, 1923, to the late Ivan and Maude (Marquart) von Stein, Sr. in Eagle Twp., Hancock County. She married Herbert John Bormuth on Jan. 11, 1942, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 1, 2013.

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Here is Bluffton High School’s  second quarter honor roll for 2013-14.

9th Grade-all A:

Trevor Bunch, Katie Burkholder, Kayleigh Coughlan, Connor Dawson, Nathan Heinze, Julianna Hotmire, Zane Myers, Douglas Nester, Marley Runk, Andie Schmutz, Sarah Siders, Jayme Siefer, Megan Sycks, Phillip Tatarkov, Sarah Theisen, Noah Woodruff

10th Grade-all A:

Sara Bertka, Mark Bixel, Sam Crisp, Maggie Fett, Anna Fredritz, Cole Harlow, Jack Marcum, Elizabeth Nisly, Katie Scott, Adam Wannemacher

11th Grade-all A:

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Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce wants get you out of the house to do some shopping locally - on Wednesday.

Focusing on the hours of 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., perhaps the warmest part of the day, Bluffton holds its first-ever "cash mob." Although it's not a cash mob in the traditional big city sense, it will offers an interesting assortment of specials in several downtown businesses. It is the chamber's plan to offer one cash mob per month in 2014.

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