Hilty Home, Pandora, will be host an Easter Egg Hunt on its front lawn on Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m. There is no rain date.
The event is sponsored by Hilty Home and Hilty Preschool & Child Care. Age groups for the hunt include: ages 3 and under, ages 4-6 and ages 7-10. There will be prizes for each of the 3 age groups. Prize tickets will be hidden in 3 eggs of each age group.
The Easter Bunny will also be present and parents are welcome to take their child's picture with him.
Bluffton High School artist, Isaac Andreas, is recognized this spring for his artistic abilities, according to Vickie Garmon, BHS art teacher.
Andreas, a junior, has two art pieces accepted for inclusion among 300 selected works in this year’s Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. This year 11,500 pieces were entered in the competition.
March is Student Art Month at the Bluffton Public Library.
Fifteen works of art from the elementary were recently chosen to be displayed. Self-portraits, landscapes, paper-weaving and optical illusions are among the work being displayed this month.
The Easter Bunny visits Bluffton at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 19.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) and Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s host their annual Easter egg hunt at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.
The egg hunt will take place rain or shine. There is no rain date. Children ages 8 and under are invited to hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets and have their parents take their pictures with the Easter Bunny.
The Bluffton High School concert band competing on March 11 in Large Group Adjudicated Events, held at Shawnee High School, and received a Superior Rating.
According to David Sycks, band director, the band played the National Emblem March (Bagley/Schissel), Saturn: the Ringed Planet (Rob Romeyn), and Encanto (Robert W. Smith). There was a sight-reading portion of the competition as well.
Emily Metzger is the Bluffton High School February student of the month.
Emily is a junior with a 3.846 grade point average and is the daughter of Mike and Amy Metzger of Bluffton.
Emily is a member of the Bluffton High School volleyball and track teams. In 2015 she received the "Pirate Award" in volleyball. She also competes on the Bluffton powerlifting team.
Other school activities she is involved in are Latin Club, FCA and the prom committee. She volunteers at both the High School and the elementary school.
