A “Lovin’ on Lane” fundraiser is underway this fall in support of a Bluffton fifth grader diagnosed with leukemia.
Lane Rossman, son of Tony and Jayme Schumacher and Lynn Rossman, was diagnosed in September. A group of friends are leading this fundraiser. They are also planning a benefit in December and more details will follow.
Lane’s other siblings are Whitney Boone, Haley Tuttle, Dilyn Rossman, Lydia Schumacher and Jackson Schumacher. Lane’s teachers at Bluffton are Jared Byers and Jeff Richards.
Eight members of the Bluffton Lions Club participated in an Oct. 10 roadside clean-up project. Participants included Dan Diller, chair of the event, Gene Long, Jerry Szabo, Patty Navin, John Rich, Corwin Croy, Ron Heading and Barbara Plaugher.
Bluffton resident Don Leader, executive director of Youth for Christ of Northwest Ohio, will retire at the end of October after serving 19 years in the position, according to YFC board chair Mark Yoder, also of Bluffton.
Jared Diller of Pandora, ministry director of the local YFC and for five years director of Rally Point, a Lima-based ministry, will replace Leader.
She is a 1973 graduate of Bluffton High School and 1978 graduate of Bluffton College (University), now living in Boone, N.C., was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that settled in the sinus cavity in the left side of her face.
According to Heiks, essentially the entire left side of her face was removed, including her eye, jaw and nostril.
Daniel White of Bluffton recently participated in the University of Findlay's theatre production of "The End of the World Improv Showcase." UF students participated as cast members and/or as members of the production crew.
White was a cast member of SIX Feet Apart.
Directed by comedian and alumna Sam Woodman '10, the live-streamed show featured 12 masked students and explored a variety of improvisational comedy forms, audience engagement, and spontaneous creativity.
