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Beaver football team makes classroom strides

The Bluffton University football team is making strides in the classroom as well as on the field. Of the 24 seniors recruited by head coach Tyson Veidt four years ago, 100 percent are scheduled to graduate on time in May, more than 60 percent with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. CLICK FOR DETAILS.

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Piano masters
Piano masters

Elisabeth Pridonoff (standing) makes a point with Jane Sycks during a piano master class Jan. 27 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall. Pridonoff and her husband, Eugene, comprise the Pridonoff Duo, who conducted the master class for about 40 piano students and teachers the morning after presenting a concert in the university’s Artist Series. In addition to performing internationally, the Pridonoffs are professors of piano at the University of Cincinnati College-...

Fred Rodabaugh chamber speaker; intellectual property workshop follows on Feb. 10

Former Bluffton mayor, Fred Rodabaugh,  will offer his observations on Bluffton over the past half century during the 7:30 a.m., Friday morning, Feb.10, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The event is in the Bluffton town hall.

Rodabaugh is a life-long Bluffton resident. He graduated from Bluffton High School in 1965. He attended Bluffton College and then served in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam.

Special Monday council meeting will swear in new council member

Bluffton council will hold a special meeting at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 30, in council chambers in the town hall, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. 

"The meeting has been scheduled for the following purposes: To appoint a new member to the village council, to consider legislation regarding an annexation, and to consider legislation pertaining to the adoption of the 2012 edition of the Ohio Basic Code," he said.

The council member appointment will fill the vacancy left when Eric Fulcomer resigned as a council member to become mayor.

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