Darrell Huber of Friends of the Library, Esther Birkey, library youth services director, Deb Bollenbacher of SHANNON Service Club look at a book with Cameron Cox, son of Jason and Heather Cox. The group celebrates the launch of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten now underway at the library. The story below explains the program.
It’s ambitious, but not as impossible as it first appears.
Bluffton Friends of the Library and SHANNON Service Club joined together this winter to sponsor the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program through the Bluffton Public Library, according to Esther Birkey, youth services coordinator at the library.
The program encourages early literacy development in the home. It is open to children from birth through the start of Kindergarten.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University freshman Macey Sheerer (Bucyrus) has been named the Heartland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her work on the hardwood in wins over MSJ and Rose-Hulman last week. It marks the second time this season that the Beavers have had a women's basketball player honored, following junior Taylor Whitaker (Mansfield/Ontario) who claimed the honor for her work over Christmas break.
Judy Augsburger of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) recently was accepted into the seven-month LeadingAge Ohio Leadership Academy, an innovative collaborative program beginning in January and running through August designed to develop the next generation of leaders in the senior services profession.
Dr. Jo Beth Gonzalez, a drama teacher at Bowling Green High School and president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, will address “Inspiring Commitment to Social Issues through Theatre Education” on Feb. 24 at Bluffton University.
Free and open to the public, her Bluffton forum presentation will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.
Music by Haydn and Handel, along with high school seniors vying for music scholarships, will be featured at Bluffton University’s Masterworks Concert on Sunday, Feb. 22, in Yoder Recital Hall. Admission to the 2:30 p.m. concert is free; a free-will offering will be taken to help defray concert expenses.
Dr. Mark J. Suderman, a professor of music, will conduct the University Chorale, the Bluffton Choral Society and an orchestra of professional musicians, faculty and students in their performance of Haydn’s “Missa Brevis in B flat” and Handel’s “Zadok the Priest.”
