NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Bluffton University women's basketball squad hit the road to take on the Manchester University Spartans in a Wednesday night affair. The teams went back and forth, but the Beavers would end up coming home with the 62-59 victory, improving to 12-4 (7-2 HCAC), while MU slipped to 4-12 and 3-6 in the conference.
As the NFL playoffs continue, Ada will again have its own Super Bowl extravaganza.
The second annual “Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival” on Saturday, Feb. 3, will celebrate the village of Ada’s connection to the biggest football game of the year. Ada’s Wilson Sporting Goods factory makes the footballs used in the Super Bowl, and the day’s events will again capture that theme, leading up to a “football drop” at midnight on the cusp of Super Bowl Sunday.
Owen Weaver, 10, died at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Melvena M. Lewis, 98, of Bluffton passed away in her sleep at 12:40 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. She was born March 4, 1919, in Bluffton to the late Ameiel and Sylvia (Moser) Amstutz.
Melvena married her high school sweetheart Richard “Dutch” Lewis after his enlistment in World War II and at the war’s end they had one daughter, Joan R. Lewis.
Bluffton native David Beer, a member of faculty of Malone University, Canton, recently edited a book on the essays and lectures of Charles Norris Cochrane.
Title: Augustine and the Problem of Power
Subtitle: The Essays and Lectures of Charles Norris Cochrane
Beer describes Cochrane, who died in 1945, as an under-appreciated thinker of the last century responding to the political and spiritual crises that confronted Western civilization.
Bluffton Public Library is excited to announce that the students and staff of Ohio Northern University's HealthWise program are to return to the library on February 9 (from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.) for another free Mobile Health Clinic.
This clinic offers free screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipids (please fast for 12 hours prior to your arrival if you wish to participate in the lipids screening). Participants may speak with Healthwise students and staff about their results or concerns, and even receive referrals to area doctors.
15 minutes with Tanya Augsburger,
Bluffton Public Library staff member
What's your position at the library?
I'm the Adult Services Coordinator.
How long have you been on the library staff?
Five years.
What is the most frequent question you are asked at the library?
Most recently, it has been, “Where are the DVD’s?” We have been moving materials around to make better use of space and to more logically organize the library – you should come check it out.
A Preschool Playtime for youngsters takes place from 10 to 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, at Trinity Lutheran Scvhool, 105 Allen St., Jenera.
The open gym activities include balls to play with, ride-on toys, mats to crawl/roll around on, a mini trampoline, infant toys and lots of space to run around and play.
This event is free for children ages 0-5 years old with their care-givers. More information can be found by calling 419-326-4685 or by emailing [email protected]
