Dreams do come true. Just ask Michelle Cardone, a resident of Richland Manor. Michelle recently took a swim and spent an afternoon on the beach.
You see, a day on the beach was something that she had dreamed about doing. And while basking in the sun and swimming in the clear water was a distant memory, she actually did visit a beach. Her visit was through the Live a Dream program offered by Trilogy Health Systems, the parent company of Richland Manor.
It's only July, but the Bluffton Blaze of Lights committee is already hard at work. Here's some advance news about this year's Blaze.
o This year's Blaze theme is "A Victorian Christmas."
o Event is Saturday, Nov. 24. That's the date of the Ohio State vs. Michigan football game, played in Columbus. This year's game was moved to noon to accommodate the Blaze. (just kidding)
o The parade will form on Snider Road beginning at 4 p.m.
o The parade will start at 5 p.m.
A piece of Beaverdam is missing tonight. The village two-story brick town hall constructed in 1890 was razed. The building has been empty for several years. Click for a video.
Bluffton University will offer two mathematics workshops Aug. 7-9 for middle and high school math teachers and intervention specialists.
July 30 is the registration deadline for both "Become a Master Teacher in Middle School Ratio and Proportional Thinking," taught by Marilyn Link, a retired teacher from Coldwater, Ohio, and "205 Things That Every High School Mathematics Teacher Should Know." That course will be taught by Duane Bollenbacher, a 30-year high school teacher and now an adjunct faculty member at Bluffton.
Single-event tickets go on sale Friday, July 20, for the 2012-13 Bluffton University Artist Series, featuring The Alley Cats, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, pianist Alexander Schimpf, the Petar Jankovic Ensemble and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.
Richland Manor collected 3,265 pounds of food of the Bluffton Food Pantry. That totals 14 large boxes of food. The boxes were delivered to the food pantry earlier this week by Dan Wolfe and Barry Schneck of Richland Manor.
