Bluffton University

The event is free—except for lunch—and open to the public. Lunch, served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is $6 for adults and $3 for children.

 

“Wild, Wild West” is the theme of this year’s festival, a day of music, entertainment, games and, starting at 3:30 p.m. at the College Avenue bridge, the annual rubber duck race down Riley Creek. A racing duck may be purchased for $1, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross.

 

Providing music will be More Than A Show, We The Branches, The Promise Estate and The Great Transparency. A student comedy group will also perform. Activities booths, face painting and inflatables will be available as well. The festival will end at 4 p.m., but community members and their families are invited back to campus for a 9 p.m. showing of “Toy Story” on the Neufeld lawn.

Events will move to Marbeck Center in case of rain.

 

For more information, call Dan Stanowick, assistant director of Marbeck Center, at 419-358-3218, or Brian Starkel at 419-358-3303.

Bluffton University’s Musselman Library will host its 2010 book sale April 13-16 in the main-floor Reading Room.

 

Hours for the sale are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 13; 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15; and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 16.

 

Hardcover books will be $1 and paperbacks, 50 cents; some items will be priced as marked. New items will be added to the sale each day, and proceeds will be used to purchase materials for library collections.

 

The library is accepting donations of books and DVDs for the sale. Items can be dropped off at the circulation desk. To arrange for pickup or delivery of larger donations, call Carrie Phillips, book sale coordinator, at 419-358-3275. She can also be reached by email at phillipsc@bluffton.edu.

 

Musselman Library is located near College Hall on the Bluffton campus. Visitor parking is available in the Bentley Road parking area.