Pauline Hirschler will turn 100 years old on Dec. 20, 2011. A family celebration will be held Dec. 17.
Pauline Marie Lutz was born in Lima to Alarta and Tymah Fay Roush Lutz. She earned a two-year teaching certificate from Bowling Green and taught for two years in a one-room schoolhouse in Allen County and then at Horace Mann Elementary School in Lima.
You can't swim in the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool today, but you can buy a 2012 swimming pass at a reduced rate now until Dec. 31.
Passes purchased in December receive a 10 percent discount (does not apply to a $5 charge for additional children*). The 2012 pool prices follow:
$40 - senior single
$75 - senior couple
$80 - single
$130 - family pass (2 adults and up to 3 children ages 18 in the same household) *Additional passese for children agesa 18 and under can be purchased for $5 each.
Two Bluffton school Christmas concerts on are this evening's school calendar.
At 6 p.m., in the middle school cafetorium, is the middle school choir concert.
At 7 p.m., in the cafetorium, is the Bluffton High School choir concert.
The Bluffton Public Library features the Dulcimer Gatherin' from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free refreshments will be provided during these special events, courtesy of the Friends of the Bluffton Public Library.^aEUR"
"Pantasia," the award-winning Findlay High School Steel Drum Band entertained members of the Bluffton Lions Club and their spouces during the club's Christmas banquet held at the middle school.
The band is directed by Tim Mattis a Bluffton University graduate. The Band has 35 pans covering 14 voices and a drum set. While the band was playing the audience was invited to walk in and around the
members as they performed.
