It’s new territory for the Pandora-Gilboa High School boys’ basketball team, and a familiar one for Putnam County teams. Ottoville and Ottawa-Glandorf girls' teams took the Columbus trip this past weekend.
The Bluffton Lions Club selected Fred Steiner as the recipient of its Citizen of the Year award for 2017.
Steiner is the former director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs. he is a member of the Bluffton Community Assistance Board, the Bluffton Pathway Bicycle Board, the R.L. and Etta Triplett Memorial Foundation and the Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery board.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VIEW THE ART ATTACHED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -
No need travel out of town to see great art. It’s on display in Bluffton, as it’s art for arts sake this month at the Bluffton on Public Library. March is student art month and the library features several dozens works in various media from local schools. Here’s a selection of the works on display.
The following students have pieces in the show. These artists represent Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Columbus Grove and home-schooled students.
Dan Groman will present a multi-media presentation of his trip visiting World War II military history sites in Europe at the next meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association.
The meeting is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, at Mi Ranchito Mexican Restaurant, 865 N. Washington St., Van Wert.
Groman toured with Beyond Band of Brothers Tours. Highlights of his program include visits to Normandy, the Battle of Britain and Dunkirk.
Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, will hold an Easter egg hunt and bake sale, Saturday, March 24.
The Easter egg hunt starts promptly at 10 a.m.
The bake sale is from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the MMH lobby. The sale includes a wide assortment of items includeing cinnamon rolls, homemade noodles and angle food cakes.
Proceeds from the bake sale support the Mennonite Memorial Home Service Group.
Onalee Lehman Shepler graduated from Bluffton in 2002. She married fellow Bluffton alum Nick Shepler (who graduated in 2005). They have 2 children, Levi age 7 and Ivy 4. She received her Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education from The Ohio State University in 2004.
