For just the10th time in its 119-year history, Bluffton University has named a new president, with Dr. Jane Wood accepting the call to serve beginning July 1, 2018.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton invites any Bluffton High School
senior to apply for a "Service to Humanity" scholarship.
At least two $750 awards will be given to deserving recipients. Seniors may pick up an application form in the Bluffton High School guidance office.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of
Neighbors) is an entirely local, volunteer organization whose objective is to make Bluffton a better place by serving its youth, its elderly, and its needy.
Pandora United Methodisst Church will hold a chicken barbecue dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, March 25.
The dinner is at the church, 108 E.Washington St. (State Route 12) in Pandora. Tickets are $8.50 per person (dine-in or carry-out). For ticket information, call 419-384-3782. Some tickets will be available at the door.
Paula Scott, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce CEO, is the speaker of the Tuesday, April 3, Bluffton Lions Club meeting. The meeting is a noon in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.
Several additional Lions news items are listed in the current club newsletter, attached at the bottom of this story.
Because of this, MOVE Safe Allen County will conduct a Spring Awareness Campaign to help remind motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians to share the road and to do it safely.
Lima/Allen County has seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious bicycle crashes. Low visibility, distracted drivers, and people that are distracted while walking on streets and sidewalks cause many of these crashes.
Laura Galley, a Bluffton University senior food and nutrition major, will present “Nutrition Assessment of Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen, Hancock County, Indiana” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, April 3, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Galley, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., will discuss her departmental honors project including an assessment of the food quality at the soup kitchen where she worked as an intern during the summer of 2017.
