When Andy Lamb took Spanish classes for three years at Bluffton High School he had no idea that it would come in so handy later on in life.
Now it has. Lamb, a 2007 BHS grad, left Bluffton last week for a 27-month volunteer assignment in the Peace Corp in Dominican Republic.
“I’m assigned as a community economic advisor for small businesses and entrepreneurs,” he told The Icon, about his Peace Corp position. "I'll work with entrepreneurs in the rural and city areas of the country."
Bluffton author and book publisher, Andre Swartley, recently released his third book titled Leon Martin and the Fantasy Girl.” Swartley's company is Work Play Publishing.
The Bluffton High School String Orchestra earned an "Excellent" rating at OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event held at Bowling Green Middle School eariler this month.
The next Maple Crest Senior Living, Bluffton, Sunday buffet is March 17, according to Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest.
The menu includes:
• Corned beef and cabbage
• Apple-cherry pork chop
• Wild rice
• Broccoli casserole
• Chocolate cream pie
• Coffee and iced tea.
The buffet is in the Patio Room at Maple Crest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to all adults 55 and older. Reservations are required as seating is limited.
The Ohio Northern University Department of English presents Bluffton author Tobias S. Buckell in the Wishing Well at the McIntosh Center on Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Caribbean-born, New York Times best-selling author will read from his eco-thriller “Arctic Rising.”
The event is free and open to the public.
Buckell’s work has been translated into 16 different languages. He has published some 50 short stories in various magazines and anthologies and has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus and Campbell awards.
Rhonda Wolpert, Green House Guide for the Willow Ridge Homes, writes about the positive energy radiating from elders and staff as elders move to Willow Ridge, in this month's issue of "The Visioneer," of the Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.
A copy of "The Visioneer" is an attachment to this story.
