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Bluffton First Mennonite Church celebrates Music Sunday

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on April 21, 2016 - 4:32pm

First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., is celebrating Music Sunday this on Sunday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m.

The service will include a blend of music groups with all of the children's choirs -- Cherubs, Jubilate and Youth, directed by Laura Marie Hartzler; the Adult Bell Choir, directed by Ray Raeburn; Chancel Choir, directed by Mark Suderman. One of the songs by the Jubilate and Youth will even include some men (i.e. dads, grandpas.)

Lucia Unrau is the church organist and Don Hooley will accompany one choir on trumpet.

All are invited to attend the service.

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Worship
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Bluffton's Ten Thousand Villages invites you to help in an Arbor Day tree planting project

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2016 - 4:23pm

Ten Thousand Villages, fair trade retailer at 115 S. Main St., will participate in a nationwide campaign to plant 10,000 trees in our national forests.

The program, started April 14 and runs through May 1, will invite customers to donate $1 to plant a tree in a national forest through the Arbor Day Foundation.

Ten Thousand Villages in Bluffton hopes customers will partner to plant 150 trees on behalf of our community. Ten Thousand Villages corporate offices based in Akron, Pa., will donate 1,000 trees to kick-off the campaign.

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Business
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If only it could bloom all year

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2016 - 3:54pm

One pink flowering crabapple tree in the spring is a beauty to behold. Two together are astounding. Can you locate in your mind the place in Bluffton where you might see these two trees today? Click here for the answer.

 

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Buckeye stocked with trout as Sportsmen prepare for May 1 derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2016 - 3:48pm

Bluffton Sportmen’s Club is getting ready for this year’s trout derby. In late March the Buckeye was stocked with rainbow trout. A second load of trout will arrive next week.

This year’s trout derby, the 72nd annual, is held from 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the Buckeye Quarry, Main St., Bluffton.

The derby includes more than 200 tagged trout with prizes to be awarded. Additional prizes will be awarded to the person who catches the longest trout and the person catching the first trout limit of four.

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Regional news
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Bluffton farmers: No need to read this; it's a corn planting primer for the rest of us

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2016 - 3:07pm

Corn needs to be planted during suitable conditions and not by a calendar date.  For northwestern Ohio, the probability for optimal yields occurs when corn is planted between April 25 and May 10.  

After this date, yields generally decline because of a shorter growing season.  Corn planted before this time period will often have weakened or poor stands because of extended cool, wet conditions.

This optimal planting date window allows plants to take advantage of longer periods of daylight, pollinate earlier, and mature before a killing frost.  

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Regional news
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One is a beauty; two are astounding

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2016 - 2:49pm

One pink flowering crabapple tree in the spring is a beauty to behold. Two together are astounding.

Can you locate in your mind the place in Bluffton where you might see these two trees today?

Answer: Between Chiles-Laman Funeral Home and Jon and Mandy Kinn's Main Street residence.

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