Warm up with a cup of hot tea on any Tuesday in January at Bluffton Public Library during regular morning hours. During these Hot Tea Tuesdays, free hot tea and other light refreshments will be available for browsing patrons from 10am-2pm.
Also on Tuesdays, area teens and tweens (6th grade and up) are invited to Chill Zone. Come participate in crafts, play games, snack, and talk every Tuesday in January at 3:30pm.
Alec Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder, Bluffton, launched his gymnastics career at Ohio State University on Dec. 21 leading the Grey team to a win at the Scarlet and Gray Intrasquad. The OSU freshman won the all-around title.
Alec is the son Mike and Rebecca Yoder of Indianapolis. Mike is a Bluffton HS grad. Details follow:
The Gray team defeated the Scarlet team, 269.300-265.300, earning its fourth win in the exhibition contest in the last five seasons. The Top-3 scores per team on each apparatus counted toward the final results.
The lights are out at Musselman Library on the university campus now because the students went home for Christmas break. However, this was the view showing a wreath and Christmas tree last week.
The winter issue of "The Visioneer," newsletter that provides updates on Willow Ridge of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, is now on the Icon. It is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Marcine Mae Geiger, 81, died Dec. 21, 2015, at 9:25 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Marcine was born Feb. 27, 1934, in Allen County, Ohio, to Walter and Louella (Augsburger) Welty who preceded him in death. On Feb. 24, 1953, she married Weldon Geiger who survives.
Marcine held a certification as a MTNA through the Ohio Music Teachers Association. She taught private piano lessons in her home for over 40 years.
