TOLEDO, Ohio - It may have been the second Friday the 13th in as many months, but the Bluffton University baseball team felt no ill effects as the Beaver pitchers were up to the task when they made the short trip up Interstate 75 to face Lourdes College. Three late runs propelled Bluffton to a 3-2 victory over the Gray Wolves as Coach Grandey was reunited with former student assistant Tim Berta who has been in the Lourdes dugout as an assistant for the past three years.
Pandora United Methodist Church, 108 E.Washington St., Pandora. will hold a chicken barbecue dinner from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, March 22. Tickets are $8 per person (dine-in or carry-out). For ticket information, call 419.384.3782. Some tickets will be available at the door.
Pastor Bob Krueger from Immanuel Lutheran Church, Findlay, will speak on “Faith Can Move Mountains” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera. The choir will sing “In Love Christ Came Among Us." A light supper will be served from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and all are welcome to attend the meal and the service. More information is at tlcjenera.org.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free Community Meal on Wednesday, March 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora. The meal this month is provided by Sprunger Insurance. . The menu will be spaghetti, bread, salad, dessert and beverage.
The Village of Bluffton, including parts of Bluffton University and a section of the village on the south side of Grove Street are currently without electrical power.
AEP is reporting to customers that the power should be back on by 10:30 p.m. this evening.
Those initials stand for Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure, or GOBA. Here’s what it means:
Bluffton is on the 27th annual GOBA bicycle tour in June. Up to 2,500 persons – mostly on bicycles – will arrive in Bluffton from Van Wert on the morning of Sunday, June 21.
That means that on that weekend Bluffton will be the bicycle capital of Ohio.
While in Bluffton bikers will camp at Bluffton University. On Monday morning, June 22, they will depart for Defiance.
