What's Up! Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Pickleball Jan. 7 and 21 at St. Mark’s

Pickle Ball will be held Jan. 7 and Jan. 21 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on Thiele Road. Starting time is 1 p.m. The group plays for two hours. Cost is $2 per person. Equipment is furnished. For more information call Carol Franke at 260-597-7397.

Cancer Gospel Benefit Concert Jan. 9

The Wells County fourth annual Gospel Benefit Concert will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Wells Community 4-H Building in Bluffton. Admission is free.

There will be nine local groups, a live auction, a silent auction and a raffle.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. Concesssions will be sold by Fat John’s BBQ and will include hot dogs, chili, hot nachos and hot ham and cheese. Auction donations are needed. To participate call Steve Gerber at 824-5189, Todd Reimschisel at 824-2300 or Bruce and Kate Stinson at 824-4460. All proceeds will go to help Wells County residents battleing cancer. 

Norwell Food Bank open Jan. 9

The Northern Wells Food Bank will begin Saturday hours once per month, beginning with hours Saturday, Jan. 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. The food bank,  located behind the former Brew Ha building on West LaFever Street in Ossian, will be open for families in need and will also be accepting donations of food and money.

Friends of the Shelter to meet Jan. 11

Friends of the Shelter will meet Monday, Jan. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 128 E. Market Street in Bluffton. The organization provides support for the Bluffton/Wells County Animal Shelter.  Items on the agenda will be Shelter operations, updates on Spay-Neuter clinics and Christmas donations. The meeting is open to the public. Call  273. 1742.