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Two community meals are planned in October at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

 

The meals are:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Oct. 19, provided by St. John’s United Church of Christ

 

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

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Marvin Foster took this impressive night time sky photo during Friday's Paulding-Bluffton HS football game. More of Foster's photos are available by clicking here.

Oct. 2 to Dec. 1 shoe collection fundraiser

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Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, invites area residents to “repurpose your shoes,” though a shoe collection held Oct. 2 to Dec. 1.

This is BFR’s fourth shoe drive, which generates money for BFR programs and recycles old shoes. BFR earns money for shoes collected. Since 2014, the project has generated over $4,000 to BFR.

Last year’s drive, BFR’s largest ever, generated $2,021. Jenny Pilarowski, BFR board member, said that 25 pair of shoes fit in each bag and this year’s BFR’s goal is to collect over 200 bags.

He's also sports editor for “Van Wert Times Bulletin” and “Delphos Herald”

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By Cara Echols, university public relations student writer

With a bald head and graying beard, John Parent, a Bluffton University student,  doesn’t look like a traditional student at first glance, and his resume looks just as different.

The senior English major with a concentration on adolescent/young adult education from Delphos, is not only a full-time student at Bluffton but also a husband, a father of seven, a full-time regional sports editor and mayor of Delphos.

Working with children from Romania’s gypsy community.

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Senior Katie Keesbury found her calling this summer, nearly 5,000 miles away from her hometown of Bryan.

The bible and theology major spent a month in Romania as part of her minor in missions, and while she received college credit for the international experience, she also discovered her next step in God’s plan. 

“I came away from the experience with the feeling that God was telling me “yes, you’re on track, this is exactly what I have planned for your future, and you’re doing what I want you to do,’” said Keesbury.

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Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton will host an all-you-can eat fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 10.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for youth 10 and under.
 
Menu: All you can eat fish, potato salad, calico beans, baked beans, coleslaw, cranberry salad, taco salad, broccoli salad, mixed fruit, layer salad, perfection salad, macaroni salad, apple salad, green bean casserole, hot cheese potatoes, pickled eggs, macaroni and cheese, cherry dessert, cakes, cookies and pies.

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