Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, will host a guest speaker on Sunday, Nov. 22. Pastor James Mattek of Christian Family Solutions, Germantown, Wisconsin, will speak at the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services and lead the Bible Class at 9:30 a.m.
Pirate girls open hoop season with tourney By Cort Reynolds
Bluffton will once again host the annual McDonald's Holiday Tournament to tip off the girls basketball season this weekend.
The Lady Pirates will host local non-league rival Cory-Rawson in the second semifinal Friday night, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. That contest will be preceded by the opener at 5:30 p.m. between Allen East and defending tourney champion Arlington.
Here are births reported from Bluffton Hospital in October.
Oct. 5 – Casen James Vanderpool, son of Curt and Katie Vanderpool, Forest
Oct. 28 – Heston Scott Hines, son of Nick and Whitney Hines, Bluffton
Oct. 28 – Tia Kate Layman, daughter of Tyler and Kate Layman, Lima
Oct. 29 – Reagan Marie Lee, daughter of Josh and Kim Lee, Bluffton
The community meal scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19 has been canceled. With the high number of COVID cases in the area, it was decided that it was unsafe for the volunteers to be working so closely together to prepare the meal, according to Tonya Meyer of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.
