Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to gather at Bluffton University’s Campus Welcome Center for the second annual “Christmas at the Houshower House.”
The festivities will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, for carols, hot chocolate and a house lighting ceremony.
Following the ceremony, visitors are welcome inside of the Houshower House to view interior decorations and mingle.
The Icon held posting this photo by Marvin Foster for an appropriate moment between fall and winter sports seasons.
There was too much static last week for this picture to get its proper attention.
Holding the microphone is Tim Stried, Ohio High School Athletic Association director of information services. In the photo he presents Bluffton's boys' soccer team its Division III state runner-up trophy.
Chris Gibbs, an Ohio native, lifelong Republican, past chair of the local Republican party, and long-time farmer, announced he is leaving the Republican Party and launching an exploratory committee to consider running against Jim Jordan as an Independent for Ohio’s 4th Congressional District.
“As I've talked to farmers, business owners, teachers, nurses, civil servants, friends and family, they all agree.
“ Throughout the month of November and December, The Dough Hook will collect pantry items for the Ronald McDonald house along with cash donations that will be turned into meat for the freezer,” said Ballinger.
Amongst these papers was a sheet of practical activities to do at home to encourage literacy, logic, character-building and math skills. Under the language section, it suggested counting how many idioms my first grader could think of, as a sort of game.
