Two Bluffton community meals are set for February. They are at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, and Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
Both meals are free and open to the public. Persons attending may provide a canned donation to the Bluffton food pantry if they wish.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church will host the Feb. 2 meal. SHANNON Service Club will host the Feb. 16 meet.
Several programs of interest to gardeners are planned this spring by the Allen County Master Gardeners.
Details follow:
March 7-April 25 – Master Gardener Volunteer Training for: Allen, Hardin, and Hancock at the OSU - Lima Campus. Classes are Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Contact the Extension Office www.allen.osu.edu for more details. The deadline to register is Feb. 20.
Traci Heinz, Bluffton, was named to the dean’s list for the Bluffton University Cohort-based Organizational Management Program (BCOMP) for the fall term.
Students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list.
BCOMP is an accelerated degree-completion program that creates a dynamic, learning community of adults. Students who complete the program demonstrate commitment to personal development and professional advancement within the area of organizational management.
There’s a new pizza shop in town and it’s throwing a free taste party on Saturday.
Marlena Ballinger of The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., said the downtown shop is now offering pizza.
The pizzas are already available for customers and a launch party to introduce customers new the new item takes place starting at 8 a.m., Saturday.
“Stop in from 8 to noon for free cooked samples of our Take ‘n Bake Pizzas,” she said. “We will also have plenty of frozen pizzas on hand for customers to purchase during the party.”
Bluffton High School sophomores visited the Culinary Arts program during 411Blast on Friday at Apollo Career center. Students were able to make a pizza from scratch, bake it, and enjoy. On Friday 750 associate school sophomores chose two programs to visit, and then spent half the day involved in interactive, fun, hands-on experiences. BHS students from left are, Carisa Hosler, Kylee Staley and Caitlyn Zimmerman.
