Poemsby Sean Lause of Bluffton are included in the 2018 edition of Quiet Diamonds, the annual poetry journal from The Orchard Street Press.
Poems in the anthology were selected from entries to The Orchard Street Press annual poetry contest, a national competition.
Lause is a professor of English at Rhodes State College. He recently released "Wakeful Fathers and Dreaming Sons," an chapbook that deals with fathers and sons and the post-industrial experience in the Lima-Bluffton area.
Fifteen non-traditional students will be awarded Lima Rotary Club Certificates acknowledging their scholarship awards for fall 2018 classes. Presentations will be made on Monday, Aug. 27.
Students are pursuing higher education in Radiographic Imaging, Paralegal, Registered Nursing, Licensed Practical Nursing, Elementary Education and Middle Childhood Education, AS Graphic Design/Web Page Development, BS in Health Care Administration, AA in Medical Office Management, BS in English, Math Education, BS in Music and Business Management.
The ball-handling talents of ACE Basketball will be the featured entertainment at the PrimeTimers Luncheon scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 4. The luncheon starts at 12 p.m, at St. John Mennonite Church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora. There is no charge for the meal, but donations are accepted.
Hosted by Maple Crest Senior Living Village, the meal includes: Shredded chicken and shredded pork sandwiches, broccoli salad, assorted bagged chips, green beans, fruit salad and ice cream sandwiches.
Meet Madison Beasley. She won four Shannon Theatre tickets from the Bluffton Icon during the Southgate Lanes 1-K on Saturday.
The Icon promised the tickets to the last-place finisher in the event. Madison was a walker and runner, and just happened to cross the finish line at the end of the race.
