The Bluffton University baseball team scored an impressive 29 runs in a doubleheader sweep of pre-season Heartland Conference favorite Franklin College on Sunday, April 17, 2011. The Beavers scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the first game 9-8 and won 20-13 in game two. Bluffton improved to 4-10 in the Heartland Conference and 12-17 overall. Franklin fell to 18-10 on the season and 8-6 in the HCAC.
All Bluffton High School Junior Class parents are invited to the final Post-Prom Planning Meeting on Wednesday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria. Parents who would like to be involved but are unable to attend this meeting are asked to contact Susan Liska.
Eli Lehman, 2, gets some egg hunt tips from his grandparents Leon and Donna Lehman prior to the April 16 MMH-McDonald's egg hunt at the Mennonite Home.
Note: Barbara Plaugher provided the following column about her recent VOSH-Ohio Mission to Peru.
Here I sit in the Peruvian jungle drenched from the seasonal rains that has even curled my passport. We just completed our annual VOSH-Ohio mission into Iquitos, Peru, a land-locked city in the jungle.
As Bluffton Christians enter Holy Week, several special worship services are planned by area congregations.
^aEUR"The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association is again sponsoring the Cross Walk for Good Friday, April 22.
The carrying of the cross to commemorate Jesus' passion will begin at:
o St. Mary's Catholic Church at 11:30 a.m. and proceed to
o First United Methodist Church,
o First Mennonite Church,
o Bluffton Presbyterian Church,
o English Lutheran Church,
o and ends at St. John United Church of Christ.
Kirstie Runion is completing her semester as an Icon intern. We invited her to offer a comparison between Bluffton and her hometown - suburban Cincinnati. Here are some of her observations:
By Kirstie Runion, Bluffton Icon university Intern
