Dr. Ross Kauffman, an assistant professor of public health at Bluffton University, will address Ebola in a campus forum on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Free and open to the public, Kauffman’s presentation on “Ebola and Fear: A Public Health Perspective” will begin at 11 a.m. in Bluffton’s Founders Hall.
He will discuss both the history and biology of the disease and responses to the recent outbreak, while seeking to place them in the context of other public health challenges.
The students of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, will present "Children of the Heavenly Father” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23 at the church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera. The students from pre-school through eighth grade will tell of the birth of Christ through word and Christmas hymns. Pre-service music by the youth will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Pre-service music on Wednesday Dec. 24, will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by "Children of the Heavenly Father" at 7 p.m.
A Christmas day service will begin at 9:30 a.m. The choir and handbell choir will perform.
A Christmas Eve Service for Pleasant View and Mount Cory United Methodist
Churches will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, at Mount Cory UM, 300 N. Main St,
Mount Cory. Come to celebrate “Christ’s Birth” with an evening of
Christmas carols, special music by the handbell choir and joint choir,
scripture, and communion. The service will be led by Pastor Mark
Fuerstenau.
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), a Bluffton-based senior care provider, is a sponsor of Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) program this academic year.
MHCO’s $5,000 sponsorship for 2014-15 is the first of its kind for the institute, now in its 23rd year of offering courses to retirees each fall, winter and spring. Members of the program design and lead many of the courses, which informally explore topics of interest just for the sake of learning.
Kathleen M. Konst, 92, died at 10:50 p.m. Dec. 15, 2014, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton. She was born July 1, 1922, in Bluffton to the late Edwin and Clara Freyman Niswander. On June 23, 1950, she married Albert Konst and he preceded her in death on Oct. 5, 2006.
She was a secretary. They lived in many states during Albert's career in the Air Force. Kathleen and Albert enjoyed traveling in their motor home. They traveled to 49 states. She was graduate of Bluffton High School and attended St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton.
Bluffton fourth grader Olivia Smallcombe performs with her classmates on the recorder during Monday's elementary Christmas concert in the high school gym.
