There’s a new book club in town! Register your family for the “Expand Your World” Family Book Club now held monthly at Bluffton Public Library. This month’s meeting is on Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and will center on Africa. Learn about our global citizenship through stories and crafts, and collect book recommendations for further reading. This book club is co-led by Joanna Gratz of Trades of Hope.
It features the music of the Morse Family Gospel Singers. The meal will include fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, coleslaw, dinner roll and cake.
There is no cost, but donations are accepted. For more info, call 419-358-1015, ext. 102.
PrimeTimers is a non-denominational, community fellowship gathering for adults 55 and over hosted at St. John Mennonite Church in Pandora.
Bluffton’s Lions Way bike and pedestrian pathway will grow significantly following a 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, ribbon cutting and dedication of the Lions Way Parkview Path.
The ribbon cutting, open to the public, takes place at the pathway recognition sign just off Parkview Drive. Persons can enter Parkview from either Main or Jackson streets.
The Parkview path is a significant piece in the entire pathway project, according to Richard Ramseyer, president of the bike and pedestrian pathway board.
Life Flight of Bluffton was used earlier today in a Hardin County Sheriff's Office search for a Hardin Northern school student.
According to the sheriff's office, that office was contacted by the Hardin Northern Schools regarding a child who ran away from the school building.The child ran into a large cornfield north of the school property.
An initial search of the immediate area was conducted and the child was not able to be located.
Here's members of the Bluffton High School class of 1951, holding its 66th reunion. The class, with only 25 members, was one of the smallest graduating classes in the school, however Ruth Anna Bixel said that the class was very close together. Standing from left, John Tripplehorn, Eileen Hubbard, Margaret Mueller and Richard Jordan. Seated from left, Carol Vermillion, Ruth Anna Bixel and Louise Schwieterman.
