The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly member meeting on Friday, January 14 on the third floor of the Town Hall, 154 N. Main. Ohio Means Jobs is the breakfast sponsor and will give a presentation.
A complimentary breakfast will be provided by The Dough Hook Meat Market and coffee will be provided by the Twisted Whisk.
Bluffton Family Recreation is hosting a Daddy Daughter Dance from 6-8:00 p.m. on February 19. The dance's theme is "A Whole New World."
The event will include:
A special appearance made by Princess Jasmine from Party with a Princess.
Good Shot Photo will capture a photo of everyone "dressed to impress."
Spectrum Salon, 422 N. Main, will have appointments for hair available from 1-4:30 p.m. that day for half-price hair styles and discounted nail prices. Call (419) 358-0556 to schedule ahead.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team shook off the rust and parlayed a 20-4 first quarter into a convincing 62-50 victory at Earlham College on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Bluffton improved to 8-5 overall and 3-3 in the Heartland Conference, while the Quakers remain winless at 0-11 and 0-4 in the HCAC.
On January 12, 2022, newly elected school board members (left-right) Roni Kaufman, Brad Dailey and Wes Klinger were sworn in by treasurer Paula Parish. Kaufman is new to the school board; Dailey and Klinger were re-elected to the five member panel.
Remember Silver and Gold sung by Burl Ives in the 1964 movie Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, a Christmas classic widely known by many different generations? In 2005, Silver and Gold was included on the Disney Princess Christmas Album. Many may be familiar with Dolly Parton’s Silver and Gold released in 1991 with the lyric “And time can’t be brought back with silver and gold.” This line is particularly poetic during the pandemic. Grammy-award winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin released a song titled Silver and Gold in 1993.
Year end 2021 reports include the news that music CD sales have lost to vinyl records for the first time in decades. According to music data provider MRC Data (https://mrcdatareports.com/mrc-data-2021-u-s-year-end-report/), vinyl album sales outpaced CDs for the first time in MRC Data history (since 1991).
