Dr. Lucia Unrau, a pianist and professor of music at Bluffton University, will present a faculty recital with Michigan musicians Sandra Jackson and David Jackson at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in Bluffton’s Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.
The performance is one of several this fall featuring Unrau and Sandra Jackson, an assistant professor of clarinet at Eastern Michigan University and Unrau’s summer colleague at Interlochen (Mich.) Arts Camp.
Cyneatha Millsaps, lead pastor at Community Mennonite Church in Markham, Ill., will discuss “Living and Trusting the Word of God” in Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week forum on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Millsaps, also the multicultural liaison for the Illinois Mennonite Conference, will speak at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, telling how a group of young Mennonites made a difference in her neighborhood after moving there. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District wants you to take a Bluffton hike.
Your invitation is at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at Motter Metro Park, Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.
“The hike starts at 9 a.m. last approximately 1 1⁄2 to 2 hours on easy to moderate terrain,” Bob Antibus of Bluffton and park district board member, said.
Shop downtown Bluffton this fall and have a chance to win – gift cards and prizes from local merchants.
Recently nearly 2,500 Bluffton postal customers received a post card inviting them to “shop, sip, eat, play, local.” In a nutshell its message encourages shopping locally.
The postcard makes area residents aware of a Bluffton merchants and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce major fall promotion. It centers on a concept titled “3/50 Project.” The nationwide project carries the tagline: “Save your local economy three stores at a time.”
You've heard the rumble of trailers coming to Bluffton - heading to the mill. You've witnessed the "dust" created in the rural community as the corn harvest continues. Here's a typical corn harvest scene. This one is from the northwest corner of Columbus Grove Road and State Route 696.