Bluffton Senior Citizens Center begins spring OVAL classes at the end of this month. 

OVAL stands for “Our Version of Adult Learning” program, hosted by the Senior Center after Bluffton University stopped holding adult learning classes in 2018.

Tonya Meyer, association director, announced OVAL’s weekly schedule of programs for the coming months.
Here’s the schedule:

• Thursday, March 26 – 10 a.m. – Fran Core presents “Around the Tip of South America,”
• Thursday, April 9 – 10 a.m. – Adrianna Wise presents “Donate Life at any age,”
• Thursday, April 16 – 10 a.m. – Sarah Rise from Allen County Historical Society presents “What is it? Tidbits of history,”
• Thursday, April 20 – 10 a.m. – Ann Stratton presents “Little known facts of the Civil War,”
• Monday, April 30 – 1 p.m. – Tonya Meyer shows the movie “Harriet” showcasing the life of Harriet Tubman.
• Monday, May 4 – 10 a.m. – Carolyn Rich presents “Nepal, it’s people and culture”
• Thursday, May 14 – 9:30 a.m. – H.W. Enderle presents “Mental Math”

For more information about OVAL, contact Meyer at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., Bluffton, 419-358-8971.

History talks at Maple Crest
On the second Monday of every month at 2 p.m., the senior center offers history talks on a variety of subjects. The spring schedule of topics follows:

• Feb. 10 – Underground Railroad
• March 9 – Prohibition
• April 13 – Native Americans
• May 11 – Golden age of radio
• June 8 – Riverside
• July 13 – Local Theaters
• Aug. 10 – Women’s suffrage
• Sept. 14 – Korean Conflict
• Oct. 12 – Hidden Hancock County
• Nov. 9 – Blizzard of ‘78
• Dec. 14 – History of Santa