The first Be A Beaver Triathlon is set for Saturday, May 31, in Bluffton.
Beginning at 8 a.m. at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool, the event will include a 400-meter pool swim, a 20-kilometer bike on nearby country roads and a 5K run through village streets and the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
The First Presbyterian Church, Findlay, will conclude its 34th Artist Series Season with a performance of John Rutter’s Feel the Spirit. The emotional choral work will be featured during the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, April 6. First Presbyterian Church is located at 2330 South Main Street, Findlay.
Feel the Spirit will be performed by the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, under the direction of Dr. Matthew Armstrong and accompanied on the piano by Debra Niswander, Director of Music. The guest soloist is Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle.
Jeff Gundy (right), a professor of English at Bluffton University, listens as Kayla Nelson, a Bluffton sophomore from Copley, Ohio, reads from her poetry on March 27 in the university’s Musselman Library. The reading was part of a campus event marking the publication of Gundy’s most recent book, “Somewhere Near Defiance.”
Alice Frey, 85, died on March 27, 2014, at 9:30 am at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Alice was born February 1, 1929 in Harbin, China to parents Aron and Agnes (Wiebe) Warkentin, who were fleeing Russia for religious freedom. On January 31, 1949, she married Lonas Frey Jr. who preceded her in death on November 27, 2009.
Alice had been a homemaker. She and her family also owned and operated Ohio Dusting Co. (Aerial Application) until 1986. She attended St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. Alice and her husband traveled to many places, often in their own airplane.
