The Bluffton Middle School has been diligently collecting non-perishable items for the Bluffton Food Pantry since the start of November, according to Robin Ault, teacher working with the students in this project.
Their collections ended on Dec. 16 with a total of 1,925 items. Each grade was given the goal of 500 items and each grade met and exceeded this goal.
8:37 P.M. SHANNON THEATRE, MAIN STREET - Harrison Ford wasn’t standing in line, but Leah was there. (Leah Conley, not Princess Leah.)
So was a force of fans awaiting the one-minute after midnight premier of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
The CNB time-temp read 37 degrees as people bundled and huddled up all the way from the Shannon Theatre to Common Grounds, patiently killing time until ticket sales start at 11:30 p.m.
As one of Bluffton High School’s most recent graduates, Adel has been immersed in her freshman year. She is at Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., and is majoring in Elementary Education. We had the opportunity to ask her about life since graduating. Here’s what we learned…
The results are in. Here are winners of this year's residential Christmas lighting contest in Bluffton.
The contest is conducted by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, which awards $500 in total prize money.
One of the guiding rules is an attempt to include different residential display winners each year. Also judges, led by team leader Lauren Beasley, reviewed all lighting displays inside the village limits. In addition, residents who requested to be judged were given special consideration.
Prizes are Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce gift certificates.
The third issue of Slippery Elm, The University of Findlay’s annual literary journal, is available for purchase.
According to journal editor and Associate English Professor Dave Essinger, a total of 661 submissions were received, up from 416 in 2014. Consequently, the acceptance rate was approximately six percent, down from about eight percent last year.
