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Spring Institute for Learning in Retirement classes announced

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2014 - 7:46am

Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering nine courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this spring, beginning March 31.

Each course costs $35; the cost to take three or more is $100. Registration and, if applicable, course fees are due at the time of registration. Most classes will meet in the ILR classroom, located in Shultz Hall of Riley Court on campus.

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St. John's UCC beef and noodle dinner April 25

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2014 - 7:40am

St. John's United Church of Christ will hold a beef and noodle dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 25, at the church, 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.

The menu includes homegrown beef, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, homemade pies and beverages.

Tickets are $8 for adults; $5 for sixth graders through college age; and $4 for elementary students. Admission is free for pre-kindergartners.

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Worship
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Beaverdam-Richland Fire-EMS chicken BBQ/rib dinner Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 21, 2014 - 7:59pm

The Beaverdam-Richland Township Fire and EMS Departments will hold its annual chicken barbecue/rib dinner at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 22, at the fire station in Beaverdam.

Tickets are pre-sale and are available from any member. The chicken dinners are $7 each and rib dinners $10 each.

Meals are available for drive-thru carryout or eat in the station.

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Events
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Music, music, music

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 21, 2014 - 5:01pm

Bluffton eighth grader, Georgia Owen, celloist, focuses on the music. Many Bluffton junior high musicians will be in Elida on Saturday where they will compete in the junior high solo and ensemble contest. Georgia will be one of the musicians. She performs with the junior high orchestra.

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Book signing Saturday at Book ReViews for Ruth Naylor's book

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 21, 2014 - 4:54pm

Ruth Naylor, Bluffton author and poet, will hold a book signing and reading at Book ReViews from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 22.

In her book, "A Family Affair," she gathered together a collection of her poems that traverse the rough terrain of family life, pain of loss, the difficult beauty of human love.

She writes, “I do not know understand / How love can dwell so close to hurt.” A reader shared, “Your self-disclosure somehow puts my own life in perspective.  Your struggles move me to a quicker understanding, deeper contentment, and brighter hope.”

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Perry Bush on ONU panel discussion on "The Crisis in Ukraine"

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 21, 2014 - 3:07pm

The Ohio Northern University Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law presents a panel discussion on “The Crisis in Ukraine: What is Happening and What Does it Mean?” in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

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