The Bluffton University Board of Trustees selected a search committee to find the university’s next president. The committee will vet potential candidates and will recommend qualified individuals for the board’s consideration.
“In appointing the search committee, we are using an almost identical committee structure as was used in 2005. This includes representation from: trustees, faculty, staff, a student, alumni, select church conferences, the Bluffton community and Mennonite Education Agency (MEA)” said Kent Yoder, Bluffton University Board of Trustees chair.
Emmanuel United Church of Christ's fall festivities day is Saturday, Oct. 21, at the church, 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton. The event is from 4 to 6 p.m.
The event includes truck or treat, activities and crafts. Persons are invited to come dressed for Halloween. The event is open to the public.
Interstate 75's far right lane southbound and the southbound entrance and exta ramps at Hancock County Road 99, U.S. 224 and State Route 12 will be closed Monday, Oct. 2, frpom 9 a.m. until 7 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a Bubba C Barbecue from noon to 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22, at BFR, 215 Snider Road.
Presale tickets are available at BFR and from BFR board members. Tickets are $8 and include either a pulled pork sandwich or one-quarter chicken, macaroni and cheese and green beans.
Meals are for carry-out or eat-in at BFR.
Also on Oct. 22 - Halloween party
BFR will hold a family-friendly Halloween party from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22.
Bluffton council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2, according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.
The meet is to discuss a petition to expedite an annexation of Bluffton University’s Swinging Bridge Nature Preserve property into the Village of Bluffton.
Joyce Elaine Cupples, 74, died on Sept. 27, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Monticello, Wisc., after a two-year battle with metastatic ovarian cancer.
Joyce was born on Feb. 12, 1943, in Bluffton to the late Grant Wayne and Pauline Mae (Badertscher) Zimmerman.
She was preceded in death by her husband John Fox, of Ada, and was married to Robert Cupples on Aug. 7, 2010.
Joyce was employed as an administrative assistant at Ohio Northern University and at the Ada First United Methodist Church. After retirement, Joyce volunteered at Lima Memorial Hospital.
