The Ash Wednesday service for the Mount Cory and Pleasant View United
Methodist Churches will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 at
Pleasant View United Methodist Church, 300 County Road 37, Bluffton.
Dr. Pamela Reed has joined Blanchard Valley Health System’s Jane & Gary Heminger HeartCare Center. Dr. Reed’s specialties include care for coronary artery disease, heart attack treatment, coronary stenting, women’s heart care and cardiovascular evaluation and testing.
Reed received her medical degree from Michigan State University. She completed an internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Bluffton University’s Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band will present the university’s annual winter instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.
Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, directs the Jazz Ensemble, while Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music, conducts the Concert Band. Paul Baransy, an adjunct trumpet instructor, will serve as guest director of the Jazz Ensemble for its rendition of his “Walkin’ to Gilboa.”
Heather Bruder, an assistant professor of sport management at Bluffton University, will address her doctoral dissertation topic—leadership in intercollegiate athletic departments—in a Bluffton colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.
Her presentation, titled “Leadership within Athletic Departments: Examining Sport Programs’ Success,” is free and open to the public.
Two longtime colleagues on the Bluffton University music faculty had talked many times about making music together. They have finally been able to accomplish it, on a nearly finished project that will be performed in the United Kingdom this spring.
Drs. Peter Terry and Mark Suderman have been working in tandem since last summer to create a lively “fanfare of voices” based on Psalm 100.
The Bluffton Senior Center will break tradition by holding its annual garage sale a few months earlier than usual. This year the sale will be held from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fridayk, Feb. 27, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.
Congratulations to Joel Siefker for being chosen as January Student of the Month at Bluffton High School.
Joel is the son of Dave and Shirley Siefker of Bluffton. Joel is a junior at Bluffton High School where he has a GPA of 3.950.
He attends St. Mary's Catholic Church and is in their youth group. He is a member of the Bluffton's varsity basketball team and played football in the fall. He enjoys golfing and snowmobiling in his spare time.
The fifth week of BFR’s Keeping Active Wellness Campaign will include several different programs in addition to the free walking days, free fitness classes and recreation options.
