Bluffton Family Recreation offers two performance-training programs of eight sessions each in December lead by Jared Krout, BFR sports coordinator.
A Developmental Program, for youth ages 12 to 14, offers an introduction to performance training and adds a sport-specific component. Sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Dec. 1 to Dec. 24.
It's not your typical wedding photo - but who say your wedding photo must be typical?
The wedding photograph is of Richard and Windi (Warren) Kohli of Lima, who were married this past August. Windi is a 2009 graduate of Bluffton High School.
The photograph is by Elysian Fields Photography, LLC, owned by Kerry Bush, a Bluffton portrait photographer.
She is available for a variety of photos ranging from weddings, senior pictures, family portraits, engagements, and pets to whatever photographic needs are required.
FROM ADA ICON - Randy Cox of Bluffton has been named administrator of Vancrest of Ada nursing home, which is now under construction across from the Ada school and slated to open in February.
Cox has a long history in the nursing home business starting at an early age when his parents owned a nursing home in Ottawa.
He has worked in nursing homes in Virginia, Lima and a Vancrest facility in Holgate.
The 56,000-square-foot Ada facility, located on 18 acres, will have 50 beds for skilled nursing care and 32 assisted living units.
Bluffton University’s music department has announced the soloists for its 120th performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in Founders Hall. Soloists are Kate Merryman, soprano; Lianna Wimberly Williams, mezzo-soprano; James Flora, tenor; and Weilong Tao, baritone.
St. Rita’s Health Partners broke ground at noon on Monday at 604 W. North Ave., for what will become Mercy Health Ada Family Medicine.
The project, estimated at a cost of $1 million, will result in a family practice open to the needs of the Ada community. It is located between the Ada schools and the Van Crest of Ada nursing home, currently under construction. It is anticipated to be open in April 2016.
A Red Cross blood drive will be held Thursday, Dec. 3, from noon-6 p.m. at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton. Parking is available and the church is handicapped accessible.
Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code “fmennbl” to schedule your blood donation appointment. On the day of the blood drive, be prepared to show a donor card, driver's license, or other form(s) of ID.
Join the congregations of Mount Cory, Pleasant View, and Rawson New Hope United Methodist Churches, on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. for a service of music and celebratiion.
The service will take place at the Pleasant View United Methodist Church, 300 Township Road 37, Bluffton, and will be led by the Rev. Ben Lowell and Pastor Mark Fuerstenau.
Those in attendance are asked to bring items for the Mount Cory Food Pantry, such as personal hygiene items, laundry and dish soap.
