The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement new postage rates on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, for several mail classes and special services. The increases do not affect the price of a one-ounce first-class letter, currently at 49 cents. Click here for a chart listing all rates.
Bluffton Soccer Club spring registration winds down this week as the online registration deadline is Saturday, Jan. 16, according to Ron Koontz of the club.
To register and for all the club's soccer information click here or go to www.blufftonsoccer.com. Credit card payments are accepted for online registration.
Payment through the mail should be checks made out to: Bluffton Soccer Club. Those may be mailed to:
Ron Koontz
7960 Rockport Road
Bluffton, OH 45817
Sue Kinn, Stephanie Lehman, Jodi Diller and Marcia Thomas are the December winners in the Bluffton downtown 3/50 Project drawing in the final drawing of the season.
They win an assortment of prizes from participating businesses as a result of their entry forms being picked in a random drawing.
Bluffton’s 3/50 Project is part of a nationwide effort that carried the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”
On Thursday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m., Janette Reineke will be at Bluffton Public Library for a Book Signing of her recently published work, Fear No Art! You Can Do It! Books will be available for $25, cash or check. No registration is necessary for this program.
A reception with artist Roger Sugden will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17. Sugden’s exhibit titled “Shapeshifters” opened on Jan. 4 and will continue through Jan. 29. The exhibit is on display in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
Stephen Tatarkov, son of Svetlana Tatarkov, 10970 Phillips Rd, Bluffton, has been named to the Ohio Northern University dean's list for the fall semester 2015-16. He is a junior majoring in mechanical engineering.
The deans’ list includes students who attain a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 grading system.
Julie Borowski, a YouTube political commentator, will speak on “What is libertarianism, anyway?” at Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Borowski lives in the Washington, D.C. area, and is best known for her YouTube channel where she discusses current events. She has appeared on FOX Business Network and been published in the Washington Examiner, Daily Caller, Red State and other online outlets.
