According to her parents, Jim and Lisa McLaughlin, Courtney placed first in Cold Read, second in TV Commercial and second in Singing in her age group while in Orlando.
A discussion of Nicholas Kristof's book "Half the Sky" will take place in the family room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Monday, Jan. 23, at 3 p.m. (note time change, was originally 2:30 p.m.) Maple Crest Senior Living Village is located at 700 Maple Crest Ct., Bluffton.
Copies of the book are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton.
The standings after Game 7 (Dec. 29) of The Icon College Bowl Contest are:
7 correct - Mike Burris.
6 correct - Bill Edwards, Brandon Huber, Duane Bollenbacher, Mark Sommers, Marvin Porter, Robert Rockefeller and Seth Burkholder.
5 correct - Adelyn Althaus, Brian Meyers, David Glick, Doug Schweingruber, Jamie Porter, Matt Amstutz, Phil Keeler and Steve Yarnell.
4 correct - Becky Warren and John Clevidence.
3 correct - Deb Niswander, Debra Porter, Julianne Niswander and Mary Glick.
The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club will present its Annual Juried Exhibition from Jan. 6 through Feb. 18 in The Ellen Nelson Gallery at ArtSpace.
The exhibit will feature 101 photographs by 45 area adult photographers, chosen from an entry list of 198 photographs by 64 photographers. Entry categories include: Animals, Architecture, Black and White, Landscape, Plants, Portraiture, Special Effects, Still Life, Miscellaneous, and Youth. Nine photographs by four youth photographers were also accepted into the show.
Geniece King, who died in earlier this year, was awarded, posthumously, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award by the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center board of directors.
Mrs. King was 82 when she died on July 14, 2011 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus. Mrs. King retired as cafeteria manager at the Bluffton schools after 31 years. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, the Bluffton Senior Citizens, member of the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Club, and a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital. She was a 1946 graduate of Mt. Cory High School.
