Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Service Group will hold its annual Thanksgiving bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, in the Mennonite Memorial Home lobby, 410 W. Elm St.
The sale includes cinnamon rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and breads, just in time for your Thanksgiving holiday entertaining.
Bluffton University will present its 121st performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.
Jonathan Wey, visiting conductor, makes his debut conducting the oratorio at Bluffton. The 20-member orchestra includes professional players from the area and some Bluffton faculty and staff. Students join faculty, staff and community members in the 65-voice Bluffton Choral Society.
Bluffton seventh grader Ellie Nickel is the first place winner in this year's Bluffton Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest, according to Coleen Lazar, Lions president.
Second place winner is Lauren Swartzlander. Third place winner is Wes Brauen.
Ellie's poster advances to the district level to be judged against poster winners from across northwestern Ohio. Last year’s Bluffton winner, Luisa Dunlap, was also the Lions district winner.
Bluffton's winners were announced at the Lions Club luncheon on Nov. 15.
The Icon caught up with Mitchell Ault, freshman at Walsh University, and quarterback on its football team. Mitchell holds Bluffton High School records with most career passing yards (5,645), most career completions (380/674), and most career TD passes (60).
This isn't just any, old Santa mailbox. It's the entry box for this year's Race to Rudolph, a Bluffton Hospital Challenge, partnering with Bluffton Family Recreation. Persons participating may place their entries in the mailbox. Some of the youngsters in BFR's Tiny Tots Friday program stand with the box. They are, from left, Charlotte Wamer, Jayden Vogel, Keanna Vogel and Ethan Honse. For complete details about Race to Rudolph, click here.
