May is a busy month for the Bluffton Public Library. Here's a summary of programs taking place.
The Dulcimers @ the Library continue to meet at the library on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., and Jammin’ at the Library continues at 6 p.m. on May 7 and 21. This is a song-circle style jam session to which anyone is welcome to join. Bring your instrument, voice, or listening ears! For more information, email [email protected].
Interviewed by Liz Gordon-Hancock
Jessica Basinger married Ryan Meyer, from Bluffton, and they have five children: Gibson is 8 1/2 years old, Emerson 7, Adeleigh 3, Charlotte 19 months and she's seven months pregnant with a baby girl due in July.
Where did you graduate from, and when?
I am a 2005 graduate of Bluffton High School.
Did you go to college? Where and what's your degree?
I have an associate's degree in radiography from Rhodes State College
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Day 2 of the HCAC Conference Championship was contested in warm, sunny conditions and was a day for the women's distance contingent to show its mettle on Saturday, April 28.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Bluffton University men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana to the HCAC Conference Championship hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Friday, April 27. Day 1 of the meet was a resounding success for the Beavers.
Earlier this month, in between his seeing patients, the Icon chatted with Dr. Robert Schutz, M.D., of Bluffton Women’s Care.
Because he is a Schutz with family connections to Pandora, our conversation naturally jumped from babies to potato farming and his Pandora aunts and uncles Oliver, Art, Mary and Sara.
Discovering that family information answered our first question without having to ask: “What’s a obstetrics and gynecological-trained physician doing in a small town?’
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Leading 3-1 in the top of the sixth, Katie Prater belted a three run double to blow open the game and Bluffton went on to defeat Allen East 6-2 Thursday evening under sunny skies.
Prater picked up three hits on the night including two doubles and she knocked in a total of four runs. It was the second straight conference win for Bluffton who is now 8-4 overall and 3-3 in NWC play.
The Bluffton tree commission will celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 28, in the Village Arboretum. The event is open to the public.
The arboretum is between Mustard Seed Café and County Line Road, north of the National Quarry on Lake Street.
A shade tree will be planted just west of the Lake Street entrance to John’s Body Shop. Bluffton celebrates its 25th Arbor Day celebration with the Tree City USA program.
