Cherne has donated $10,000 to the West Ohio Food Bank as part of the work it is performing at Potash during the current turnaround. Cherne provides the funds based on the number of hours worked by the union members they have hired from the Lima Building & Construction Trades Council.
BREAKFAST STARTS AT 8 a.m.
Tuesday-Friday mornings, we are open at 8:00 a.m. and serve breakfast all day. We have daily breakfast specials as well as lunch specials.
LUNCH SPECIALS, Nov. 11-14
Tuesday
--VETERANS EAT FREE--
Italian wedding soup
Italian pork tenderloin sandwich
Ultimate ham sandwich
Poached pear salad
Wednesday
Potato soup
Perch platter
Pastrami or corned beef deli sub
BLT salad
On Thursday, Nov. 13, the Gaden Shartse monks return to Bluffton as part of their Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour. They will perform on the third floor of the Town Hall at 7 p.m. In the first 45 minutes, the monks will be doing a musical form of offering to the Buddhist goddess Tara.
This will be followed by a time where the public can ask questions about art, music, healing, and life experience of the group.
Four members of the Bluffton Creative Writers Club, won awards at the Ohio Poetry Day Association’s 77th annual Ohio Poetry Day Contests, held Oct. 24-25 in Troy.
Local award winners include:
•Ruth Naylor, Bluffton
•Lynn Saunders, Elida
•LaRee Little, Elida
•Christina Walton, Pandora
Naylor led the Evan Lodge Workshop on Oct. 25. Poets present read their winning poems from the other 35 contests.
Bluffton University’s music department has announced the soloists for its 119th performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in Founders Hall. Soloists are Dr. Helen Allen, soprano; Stephanie Schoenhofer, mezzo-soprano; Justin Berkowitz, tenor; and Lance Ashmore, baritone.
Hilty Preschool and Child Care Center, Pandora, recently received a Two-Star Step Up to Quality Award from the State of Ohio, according to Heather Sanchez, director.
Step Up to Quality is Ohio’s rating system for learning and development programs.
Alice V. Niswander, 89, of Bluffton died 5:35 am, Nov. 12, 2014, at Bridge Hospice, Findlay. Shewas born July 3, 1925, in Lima to the late Amos and Phoebe Steiner Oyer. On Aug. 28, 1948, she married H. Ray Niswander and he preceded her in death Dec. 13, 2010.
Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main St. Bluffton, offers an Autumn Wine Tasting Event during dinner service this week, in addition to the regular menu. There will be a Four-Course Dinner with Four Tasting Pairings:
APPETIZER
Mini Antipasto Plate paired with
Firelands Pinot Grigio
SOUP
Italian Minestrone paired with
Castro Cellars White Zinfandel
ENTREE
Italian Drunken Noodles paired with
Fatoria Rodano Poggialupi
