Bluffton Family Recreation isn't just for youth. The fall fitness class schedule for adults is now available, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.
Class opportunities range from all-star workouts, water exercise, Aqua Zumba, cardio and strength building, SilverSneakers, yoga, to strength and flexibility.
Classes are offered at various times Mondays through Fridays.
In addition, the fall BFR newsletter, listing all programming from youth through adults is now on the Icon. It is also an attachment below.
Douglas Lee Steinman, 52, of Lima and formerly of Gilboa died Aug. 24, 2015 at his residence. Douglas was born June 4, 1963, in Bluffton to the late Jerry and Margie Eck Steinman.
Douglas worked at Dana Corp., Lima. He was a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and Bowling Green State University with a degree in Manufacturing Design and Robotics.
He was a member of Gilboa United Methodist Church.
Community Health Professionals, Ada, and Liberty National Bank, Ada, will hold a free "lunch and learn" program from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, at the CHP building, 1200 S. Main St., Ada.
Elder abuse is the topic of the program. Jayme Richards, executive director of the Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services, Columbus, is the speaker.
The program is free. Participants will receive a box lunch courtesy of Liberty National Bank. Donations are welcome and will go toward CHP hospice patient care fund.
The 2015 Bluffton football season is set to kickoff Friday evening and the Pirates are ready to get back into action.
Bluffton is under the direction of Coach Kyle Cutnaw who returns for his second year at the helm of the program. 42 players dot the roster and the Pirates will compete in Division VI, Region 20.
The team has had successful scrimmages with Arlington, Marion Local and Pandora-Gilboa in addition to winning the Liberty Benton 7 on 7 tournament earlier this summer.
Several Bluffton non-profit organizations will hold an informational “Generous Living, Tools for Giving” seminar twice on Thursday, Sept. 10.
The free, one-hour seminars are:
• 10 a.m., Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.
• 7 p.m., Bluffton town hall, third floor, 154 N. Main St.
The Village of Bluffton’s Streets, Alleys, Lights, and Sidewalks Committee meeting scheduled for Sept. 8, has been rescheduled to Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 at 7 p.m., according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
Bluffton University is again going to work on vocation with the aid of a $10,000 grant administered by its Center for Career and Vocation (CCV).
More specifically, the university has received a $10,000 professional development award from the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). And the award will help fund a project, called Renewing Vocation through Innovation, Vision and Exploration (reVIVE), that organizers hope will lead to increased faculty and staff engagement about vocation.
The lobby in Hirschy Hall is the latest residence hall lobby to get a makeover at Bluffton University.
Students moving in at Hirschy this weekend will see a lobby, and adjacent lounge, with new paint, flooring and furniture, courtesy of a 50th-year class gift from Bluffton’s class of 1965.
