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Jon "Randy" Mauch 1948 - 2019

Jon “Randy” Mauch, 71, of Bluffton died Nov. 28, 2019, at his residence.  There will be no services or visitation.  Arrangements have been entrusted with Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Nancy Brodman was retired from housekeeping at Bluffton Hospital

Nancy Carol Brodman, 84, died Nov. 29, 2019, at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  Nancy was born May 2, 1935, in Carey, Ohio, to the late Charles and Edna (Dible) England.  On Nov. 8, 1952, she married Bernard Brodman who preceded her in death on Dec. 27, 2007. 

Nancy graduated from Carey High School.  She worked for 33 years at Bluffton Hospital in housekeeping.  Nancy was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bluffton and the Lima Moose Lodge #199.  

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Diabetes empowerment education program this month in Ada

A  free Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) takes place in Ada this month.

Area Agency on Aging, Lima, will hold free workshops at Community Health Professionals, 1200 S. Main St., Ada, on Mondays and Thursdays, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays from Dec. 2 through Dec. 19.

To register, contact Dre White, health education coordinator, at  567-204-6900 or register on line at www.aaa3.org/trainings.

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On Santa's lap

Young Carter Phillips gets ready to talk with Santa Claus during Saturday's Blaze of Lights. Santa visited with children of all ages at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Carter is the son of Adam and Sarah Phillips and grandson of Denny and Kaye Phillips.

Christmas open house at the Schumacher Homestead

Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m.

What was Christmas like for your great-great grandparents?

Visit the Schumacher Homestead from 2-7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, for a Christmas Open House to explore how the holidays were different for Swiss Settlers in the mid-1800s and discover what traditions they passed along to their descendants.

Visit the homestead at 8350 Bixel Road, where the Swiss Community Historical Society will host live music, tours of the farmhouse, demonstrations in the workshop, and activities for children. There will also be refreshments in the house and summer kitchen.

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Entanglement with each other, and with nature

Camp Friedenswald director university Forum speaker

For 2007 graduate Jenna Liechty Martin, living a life of wholeness and joy is only possible in community, a community not just comprised of people. 

“There’s no such thing as living our best lives without cultivating healthy and just relationships with the land and soil we inhabit, because without land and soil there’s no life to be lived,” Liechty Martin, explained during her Nov. 19 Forum presentation at Bluffton University.

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