Ryn Wolfe Farmer, Deputy Director of Crime Victim Services, will provide a program for Bluffton Lions Club members at noon on Tuesday, February 18 on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall.
The meeting is open to the public.
Farmer currently serves as the Deputy Director at Crime Victim Services and previously served in the role as Director of Day One managing staff and programming for survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking.
She received a bachelor’s degree in social work from Taylor University and a Master of Social Work degree from Baylor University.
Ryn has experience working alongside systemically oppressed populations including immigrant communities, communities impacted by poverty, communities of color and the intersections between. Ryn has a deep concern for recognizing the humanity in others and fighting for human rights and brings that perspective to working with victims of crime.
In partnership with The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation, Cory-Rawson Local Schools is excited to announce the school’s Green & Gold Foundation Fund has reached its grant funding milestone. The fund will begin granting to school staff, coaches and administrators beginning in January 2026 to support enrichment opportunities for students across grade levels and programs. The fund will announce a capital campaign in the near future.
Bluffton University will host a Reader’s Theatre, “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God, ” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in College Hall’s Ramseyer Auditorium.
The production is directed by Dr. Melissa Friesen, Mary Nord Ignat and Joseph Ignat professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton University, and is based on testimony of Jacques d’Auchy from “Martyrs Mirror.”
Candidates for the office of Student Senate president at Bluffton University will debate at Forum at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Yoder Recital Hall.
BATH – The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team beat non-conference foe Bath in a defensive struggle 36-26 Monday, February 10.
The game was postponed from Saturday due to icy road conditions.
The Pirates led 12-6 after the first period as Ayla Grandey and Macy Schaadt each scored five points. A 6-5 second stanza gave Bluffton an 18-11 lead at halftime.
Bluffton won the third period 10-7 to extend their margin to 28-18 heading to the final period of play. Both teams mustered eight points in the fourth quarter as Bath was unable to make a dent in the Pirate advantage.
Bluffton finished the regular season 13-9 after the victory. Bath ended up 9-13 with the defeat.
Pirate senior post Grandey led Bluffton with 17 points on eight baskets and 1-1 foul shooting. She scored at least four points in all four periods.
Schaadt netted 13 points and sank the lone Pirate trifecta.
