It will will enhance the usability of the Nature Preserve for field study in sciences, programming for recreational leadership, and environmental and sustainability education for the public
Bluffton University officials, trustees and alumna Harriett (Burkhart x52) Moyer recently celebrated the construction of the Moyer Nature Center, an 1,800-square-foot building at the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.
Located near the main entrance of the 160-acre nature preserve, the facility features program space for midsize groups supported by municipal water and fully-accessible restroom facilities.
The facility will enhance the usability of the Bluffton University Nature
Dan Groman takes a practice session on the Bluffton Lions Club's new high wheel bicycle. Area residents had the opportunity to ride the boneshaker replica last evening at Bluffton Family Recreation. Click here for a video of Daniel Tinch riding the bicycle.
Former Bluffton resident Bill Swartley will present “A Pacifist in a War Zone,” at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 23, during the Mennonite Healthcare annual gathering at Bluffton University. His talk is free and open to the public.
Swartley will speak about his experiences as a nurse anesthetist in a forward surgical hospital near Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, while working with the relief organization, Samaritan’s Purse.
Included will be a review of the religious and political environment, images of the facilities, and stories of patients who presented for care.
Thomas E. Bowman, 66 died on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 9:50 a.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.
He was born on April 3, 1952, in Bluffton, Ohio to William Lloyd E. and Hazel Marie (Smith) Bowman who preceded him in death. Thomas had married Barbara Weber, and she is deceased. He later married Phyllis Morrison Strawser who also preceded him in death.
Thomas was a truck driver and attended the Riley Creek Baptist Church as a child. He was a 1970 graduate of Cory-Rawson High School.
