*** Major Late-Winter Storm for AEP’s East Utilities Today ***
*** Heavy Wind-Driven Snow for I&M Power and NW Ohio ***
*** High Winds & Severe Thunderstorms for APCo ***
A intensifying storm will track directly across AEP’s East Utilities today bringing a range of wild weather.
Heavy, wet, wind-driven snow now falling over I&M Power & northwest Ohio will gradually become a dry snow as temperatures fall into the 20s. However, enough heavy wet snow has already fallen to generate some problems for the utility.
This is the second in a series of stories on Bluffton businesses and organizations written by students in a Bluffton University Intro to Journalism class taught by Dan Fultz.
By Cameron Walker
Krysti Schey says, “You can't be shy about music,” which is very true, because she is not shy at all when it comes to helping young and old Bluffton musicians.
Schey is the co-owner of Krysti’s Music Studio and the studio is involved in several community activities.
Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. in Bluffton, will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all weekend. Come share a pint: beer features include Guinness Stout, Harp Lager and Black & Tans.
The café will offer Irish dinner features on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 (5-8 p.m.) in addition to the regular menu. House Irish soda bread will be served all weekend.
The Kiwanis Club of Findlay will host The “Original” Pancake Day, featuring all you can eat buttermilk pancakes and locally processed sausage, on Saturday, March 15 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Findlay High School Cafeteria, 1200 Broad Avenue.
The Bluffton Lions Club will begin to sell “Shopping Spree” tickets at the Bluffton Community Market and at other locations in Bluffton starting on March 28th.
Drawing for the 90-second spree will be held on April 29th. Proceeds from this project goes to the Bluffton Lions Scholarship Fund.
A pair of Bluffton University softball players were honored for their work on the diamond in Florida over the past week. Juniors Jess Kuzara (Flat Rock, Mich./Huron) and Chloe Shell (Covington) led the Beavers to an 8-2 mark at the Gene Cusic Classic and were named HCAC Hitter of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.
Robert A. Amstutz, 76, of Beaverdam, died at 4:20 p.m. March 9, 2014. at Bluffton Hospital. He was born Oct. 6, 1937, in Bluffton, to the late Jess and Mary Burkholder Amstutz. On June 30, 1957, he married Peggy A. Lewis and she preceded him in death on July 29, 2013.
Mr. Amstutz retired from Ex-Cell-O/Airfoil-Textron, Bluffton. He was a member of St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, and a member of the Gideons, where he was active in their jail ministry. He was also active with Transport for Christ. He was a graduate of Beaverdam High School.
Note:This is the first in a series of stories on Bluffton businesses and organizations written by Bluffton University students in an Intro to Journalism class taught by Dan Fultz.
By Jessica Parker
The Bluffton Elementary PTO is an organization dedicated to the betterment of the Bluffton elementary school and the entire school community.
Melissa Knauss, president of the Bluffton PTO, shared about the PTO in an interview earlier this winter.
It's official: Luke's Bar and Grill's white bean and ham soup is the winner.
Two hundred hungry Bluffton soup-eaters attended and 170 voted at Maple Crest's eight soup cookoff on Thursday.
The winner was Luke’s Bar & Grill (Bluffton), with white bean and ham soup.
For the first time ever, there was a tie for second place by Henry’s, of Ottawa, with cream of broccoli and Jeanne’s Kitchen (Bluffton) with butternut squash soup.
Touches from the Heart of Glandorf took third place with white corn chowder.
Joyce Ann Wymer, 56, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at 11:00 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.
She was born on October 15, 1957 in Lima to E. Jack and Marilyn (Mason) Goldsmith. Her father preceded her in death and her mother survives in Wapakoneta. On June 15, 1974, she married B. Keith Wymer and he survives in Alger.
Joyce was an LPN at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima for eight years. She previously worked at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
