This 1991 red hatchback Corvette with only 54,000 miles on it could be parked in your driveway on Sept. 29.
The Bluffton Lions Foundation unveiled the gem at its March 6 lunch meeting. Here's how it can be yours. Raffle tickets to win the vehicle will be sold now until Sept. 29. Tickets are $2 each or three for $5.
All proceeds from raffle sales go to various charities across northwestern Ohio, according to Dick Ramseyer of the Lions Foundation. This is the third year of the Corvette give-away.
The Freed Center for the Performing Arts at Ohio Northern University, Ada, presents "Miller" on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased at www.freedcenter.com or by calling the box office at 419-772-1900.
Bluffton University seniors Kelsey Greeley, Abby Ferrell and Heather Smith will showcase their artwork during their senior exhibition from March 13-23 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery in Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibit, titled "Three Blind Mice," is free and open to the public, as is a reception for the artists from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 18.
The three students will display pieces they have created during their years at Bluffton. The work will include paintings by Greeley, from Elida, Ohio, and Ferrell, from Arlington, Ohio, and Raku ceramics by Smith, from Elkhart, Ind.
Two Afghan women-a filmmaker and a humanitarian-will discuss conditions in their native country Monday and Tuesday, March 12 and 13, at Bluffton University.
In the first of three events that are free and open to the public, the documentary film "Afghanistan Unveiled" will be shown at 8 p.m. Monday in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton's Centennial Hall.
Looking at the weather recordbook, February 2012, didn't follow the pattern. Here's some figures on the weather provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
The 2012 average temperature was 33.7 (normal average is 27.2). The 2012 precipitation was 2.16 inches (normal is 1.9). The 2012 snowfall was 8.7 inches, all in the first 15 days of the month.
February's maximum temperature of 69 on the 29th brought some plants out of hibernation. The monthly low was 10 on Feb. 11th.
