September 2017

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Bluffton council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2, according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.

The meet is to discuss a petition to expedite an annexation of Bluffton University’s Swinging Bridge Nature Preserve property into the Village of Bluffton.
 

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Joyce Elaine Cupples, 74, died on Sept. 27, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Monticello, Wisc., after a two-year battle with metastatic ovarian cancer.

Joyce was born on Feb. 12, 1943, in Bluffton to the late Grant Wayne and Pauline Mae (Badertscher) Zimmerman.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Fox, of Ada, and was married to Robert Cupples on Aug. 7, 2010.

Joyce was employed as an administrative assistant at Ohio Northern University and at the Ada First United Methodist Church. After retirement, Joyce volunteered at Lima Memorial Hospital.

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Two community meals are planned in October at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

 

The meals are:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Oct. 19, provided by St. John’s United Church of Christ

 

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

Oct. 2 to Dec. 1 shoe collection fundraiser

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Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, invites area residents to “repurpose your shoes,” though a shoe collection held Oct. 2 to Dec. 1.

This is BFR’s fourth shoe drive, which generates money for BFR programs and recycles old shoes. BFR earns money for shoes collected. Since 2014, the project has generated over $4,000 to BFR.

Last year’s drive, BFR’s largest ever, generated $2,021. Jenny Pilarowski, BFR board member, said that 25 pair of shoes fit in each bag and this year’s BFR’s goal is to collect over 200 bags.

He's also sports editor for “Van Wert Times Bulletin” and “Delphos Herald”

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By Cara Echols, university public relations student writer

With a bald head and graying beard, John Parent, a Bluffton University student,  doesn’t look like a traditional student at first glance, and his resume looks just as different.

The senior English major with a concentration on adolescent/young adult education from Delphos, is not only a full-time student at Bluffton but also a husband, a father of seven, a full-time regional sports editor and mayor of Delphos.

Working with children from Romania’s gypsy community.

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Senior Katie Keesbury found her calling this summer, nearly 5,000 miles away from her hometown of Bryan.

The bible and theology major spent a month in Romania as part of her minor in missions, and while she received college credit for the international experience, she also discovered her next step in God’s plan. 

“I came away from the experience with the feeling that God was telling me “yes, you’re on track, this is exactly what I have planned for your future, and you’re doing what I want you to do,’” said Keesbury.

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Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton will host an all-you-can eat fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 10.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for youth 10 and under.
 
Menu: All you can eat fish, potato salad, calico beans, baked beans, coleslaw, cranberry salad, taco salad, broccoli salad, mixed fruit, layer salad, perfection salad, macaroni salad, apple salad, green bean casserole, hot cheese potatoes, pickled eggs, macaroni and cheese, cherry dessert, cakes, cookies and pies.

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New members elected to the Bluffton Middle School Student Senate for the 2017-2018 school year were announced recently.

They are Adanna Johnstone, Leah Klinger, Amy Jebsen, Olivia Matthews, Olivia Smallcombe, Lauren Gray, Reagan Mittendorf, Skyler Scoles and Luke Shadle.

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It  begins with chicken nachos on Monday, Oct. 2. It is the October Bluffton school lunch menu. To view October's menu click here.

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Bluffton resident Dr. Jed Marquart, professor of mechanical engineering at Ohio Northern University, was elected to the board of directors of the National Space Grant Foundation at the National Council of NASA Space Grant Directors fall meeting in Grand Forks.

Marquart is the director of the Ohio Space Grant Foundation. The Foundation contributes to the nation’s science enterprise by funding research, education and public service projects through a national network of 52 university-based Space Grant consortia.

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