Here's a photo of the 1913 Bluffton flood, which occurred between March 23 and 27, 1913. The flood was much wider than the Riley, as many streams across Ohio flooded.
The Feb. 28, 2011, flood was devastating, but imagine cleaning up after the 1913 flood. Here's a photo of that flood taken on Cherry Street. The building on the very far left houses the Village Cut 'n' Curl today.
Remember the sidewalk repair program of about 10 years ago? It's coming back. Bluffton council anticipates acting on the first of three readings on a new ordinance to address sidewalks not addresses in the first round.
The action is on Monday's council agenda. A complete look at the ordinance is part of an attachment at the bottom of this story.
The new ordinance has three phases:
• Existing sidewalk repair
• Construction and installation of connecting sidewalks
• Construction and installation of new sidewalks
Heather Kroph and Keith Hershberger from Pittsburgh, performed as Too Tall Americanos, during a Friday evening Town Hall Concert series. While singing in the town hall they videoed one of their songs for a website where other musicians recorded themselves playing live on a YouTube channel, Songs for Aidan. Aidan is a child with a rare cancer. (Reema Bazzy photo)
Tickets are on sale for Bluffton University’s May Day-weekend production of Jason Robert Brown’s contemporary musical revue, “Songs for a New World.”
Dr. Melissa Friesen, an associate professor and chair of communication and theatre at Bluffton, will direct the show, to be staged May 2-4 in Yoder Recital Hall.
Independent documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, a three-time Academy Award nominee, will screen portions of “Films from the early Women’s Liberation Movement” in a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, April 2.
Her presentation, marking International Women’s Day, is free and open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.
