The commitment of faculty and staff to Bluffton’s mission and values leads to successful outcomes for students.
Several long-serving Bluffton University employees were recently recognized for this commitment during the annual faculty and staff recognition dinner where employees—reaching 5-year milestones up to 30 years—were celebrated.
M. Eileen Basinger, 88, died Saturday morning, Jan. 27, 2018, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, Ohio. She was born on Jan. 4, 1930, to Arthur and Clara (Martin) Unverferth. They both preceded her in death. On April 29, 1950, Eileen married T. Forrest Basinger, and he preceded her in death.
The first planning meeting for this year's Lions Club Festival of Wheels is set for 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31, in the third floor meeting room of the town hall.
Dan Diller is this year's chair of the event, replacing Dennis Morrision, who retired after chairing the festival for several years.
The photo with this story shows a double rainbow that appeared during last year's show. (Photo by Dennis Morrison)
Former Bluffton resident Rosanna Yoder Hostetler, 87, died at Brandywine Hall in West Chester, Pa., on Jan. 29, 2018.
Born June 9, 1930, in Elverson, Pa., to John and Anna Yoder, Rose graduated from Goshen College in Goshen, Ind. Along with her late husband David, she served the Mennonite Church as a missionary in Brazil. She was the manager of Provident Bookstore in Scottdale, Pa., for many years.
The library will host another Mobile Health Clinic on Feb. 9 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The clinic is led by the Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise staff. This is a program that employs health care providers to provide the local community with knowledge and resources to address health related concerns and to improve your health.
Beyond MedSpa, 2113 Tiffin Ave Suite A, Findlay, will be hosting a Birthday Bash, in recognition of their one year anniversary on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from noon to 8 p.m.
A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 12:30 p.m. with the Findlay Hancock County Chamber as part of the one year celebration.
Beyond MedSpa will offer retail specials and just for stopping by individuals will be entered to win a $100 gift certificate. By making a retail or service purchase, individuals will be entered into the drawing two additional times.
Apollo Career Center will kick off Career Tech Education Month with the annual All Area Boards meeting held Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons.
This year, the Apollo Career Center is renaming and dedicating the large meeting room to the first Apollo superintendent Fred D. Goare. The room will now be called the Fred D. Goare Community Room. Members of the Goare family will be in attendance for the dedication.
Dr. Malinda Berry, assistant professor of theology and ethics at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, shared thoughts on Bluffton’s Civic Engagement Theme during the Jan. 23 Forum, “In Praise of Being Different: Nonconformity, Integrity, and Being Christian.”
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Kaycee rowe (Harrod/Allen East) has been named the Heartland Conference Player of the Week after leading the Beavers to a pair of conference wins. It marks the second time Rowe has been named HCAC Player of the Week this year for Bluffton and fourth honor for Bluffton this season following Macey Sheerer (Bucyrus) who has also notched two Player of the Week awards!
The Village of Bluffton took a major step forward to go below ground this month.
Bluffton council has agreed to put into place a Geographic Information System (GIS) created for sewer mapping.
Geographic Information System software is designed to store, retrieve, manage, display, and analyze all types of geographic and spatial data. GIS software enables users to produce maps and other graphic displays of geographic information for analysis and presentation.
