An Dec. 31 early-bird registration deadline is closing in on persons interested in entering the 2017 Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition.
Persons who register by Dec. 31 pay only $125. After the 31st the registration fee is $150.
Cash and in-kind awards valued at $7,000 are prizes the competition
To enter, contestants must complete an entry form by Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.
These Bluffton Girl Scouts sing in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church every evening in December. The cutouts, created by Terry Mullenhour, are part of the Ream display. This week is your final chance to view the display in downtown Bluffton.
Icon viewers will appreciate the January programming at the Bluffton Public Library. Here's a summary of events planned.
Registration for Winter Storytime opens Jan. 3. You may register via phone (419-358-5016), or email ([email protected]), or at the front desk. Space is limited to 18 children per session. This program is for Preschool Children (ages 3 to 5), and occurs on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. or Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Ruth L. Schaublin, 92, died Dec. 24, 2016, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Ruth was born Oct. 4, 1924 in Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio, to the late Wilbert and Hulda (Suter) Schumacher. On Oct. 25, 1947, she married Ormel Schaublin who preceded her in death on Oct. 15, 2000.
Ruth was a graduate of Bluffton High School and was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace Mennonite Church in Pandora and enjoyed cooking, gardening, quilting and sewing.
Here is the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in rural Bluffton. This photo is believed to be taken in 1883 following an addition that was made to the building. The original church building was constructed in 1869.
When this photo was taken there were only two Mennonite churches in the Bluffton-Pandora Swiss Settlement. The other was St. John Mennonite, four miles to the north.
By 1890 there were between 800 and 950 Swiss Mennonites living here. At that time the congregation worshiped together on alternative Sundays at St. John and then at Ebenezer.
