Dr. Norman Wirzba of Duke Divinity School will answer the question "Sabbath Keeping: A Matter of Life and Death?" at a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Free and open to the public, his presentation will begin at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
Wirzba is a research professor, both of theology, ecology and rural life at Duke Divinity School and at Duke University's Nicholas School for the Environment. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from Loyola University Chicago, plus a master's degree in religion from Yale Divinity School.
The Bluffton University men's soccer team fell to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology by a 3-0 count on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. The Beavers slipped to 2-14 and 1-6 in the Heartland Conference, while the Engineers improved to 12-5 overall and 6-1 in the HCAC following their victory.
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents "John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean" on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m.
Conceived by Tony Award nominee and Disney Playhouse star John Tartaglia, "ImaginOcean" is a one-of-a-kind, live black-light puppet show for kids of all ages.
Norma J. Bassitt, 77, of Bluffton died at 2:40 p.m., Oct. 22, 2011 at Richland Manor, Bluffton, She was born Sept. 26, 1934, in Lima to Kenneth James and Lillian Dysert Harbert. She was married to Loren Bassitt who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Bassitt retired from Richland Manor, Bluffton where she was a nurse's aid.
