The Bluffton University baseball team kept host Olivet off the scoreboard in a 5-0 victory over the Comets on a beautiful Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Bluffton moved past the .500 mark for the first time since Florida, improving to 13-12 on the season.
Kennedy Coughlan, a Bluffton High School senior, is the BHS student of the month for March.
She is a member of the National Honor Society, is on the Buccaneer yearbook staff and is an S.O.S. tutor at the elementary school.
Kennedy was captain of the BHS golf team. She has received academic awards throughout high school including best in accounting. She is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, enjoys photography and Disney and in her spare time she likes to take care of her animals, golf, and volunteer at Challenged Champions.
Due to construction on West Elm Street, the annual Mennonite Memorial Home Easter egg hunt will move to the Bluffton University campus.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, starting promptly at 10 a.m. The location on campus is the practice soccer field, near the tennis courts. Access is off of Rosenberger Drive. These is no access from West Elm Street.
This year’s Easter egg hunt will feature more than 3,000 eggs filled with candy by Mennonite Memorial Home elders. Participants can also register for the drawing for four Easter baskets.
Patrick Estell (scarecrow), Mason Ault (tinman), Caleb Mikesell (lion) and Hannah Yost (Dorothy) are on their way to the Land of Oz. The Bluffton High School musical is performed Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the middle school. Click here for more photos and details about the musical.
Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Sommer Center.
Free and open to the public, the festival will feature block-party-style events including: family-friendly inflatables, games and a Kona Ice truck.
With the theme “Ducks in Space,” the event will conclude with the traditional rubber duck race on Riley Creek starting at 4 p.m. Rubber ducks will be sold for $1 each, with proceeds to benefit the Bluffton Public Library. Duck race winners will receive space-themed gift baskets.
