One of the Village of Bluffton’s little-known committees – Village Cultural Affairs – is returning to life after a long sleep.
Known best as the caretaker of the Blaze of Lights Ream Holiday Folk Art cutouts, the committee originated in the 1970s as a village committee to inspire arts in Bluffton.
At the beginning of 2018 council member Joe Sehlhorst asked to be council’s representative to the group. On Jan. 30 Sehlhorst and Mayor Richard Johnson met with a group of volunteers who indicated an interest in assisting the committee.
Here's a photo from "The Bluffton We Never Knew." It shows Main Street from the town hall clock tower. Visible are four church steeples, trolley rails on the center of Main Street, hitching posts for horses and awnings on store fronts. This photo was taken sometime between 1906 and 1915. The photo is among 170 photos in the Bluffton photo history book.
Copies are avialable for $19.95 plus tax at the following businesses:
• Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
• Twisted Whisk Cafe
• The Food Store
• Book ReViews
• Bluffton University bookstore
It's official: Christmas is over. The final lights and posts are coming off the trees and lawn of the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn from the Ream Holiday folk art display. Working on Saturday to finish the season are from left volunteers, Derek Snyder, Jeff Stratton, Joe Sehlhorst and Kyle Gratz.
ANDERSON, Ind. - The Bluffton University women’s track and field team had an outstanding day at the HCAC Indoor Conference Championship, scoring 90.5 points to come home in 2nd place, the highest team finish in school history for the indoor program! With 16 women entered in the meet and 12 of them scoring points, it was a story of determination and esprit de corps.
