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Resident-art-expert Larry Burkhalter shares his photography journey with BHS students

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2016 - 4:36pm

Larry Burkhalter, resident of Maple Crest Senior Living Village, was honored on Jan. 29 with an opportunity to be the “resident art expert” for Vicki Garmon’s Bluffton High School photography class. 
 
Seventeen students and a couple community members joined elders at Maple Crest for a unique show of framed photographs and slides taken around the world by Burkhalter.

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IRS Reduces Number of Tax Forms Available at Libraries  

Posted by Bluffton Public... on February 2, 2016 - 2:52pm

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will significantly reduce the number of tax forms and instruction publications that it makes available through local public libraries.
 
According to the IRS, 95-percent of taxpayers filed their tax returns electronically during last filing season. As a result, the number of forms and publications that the IRS produces and makes available to the public will be reduced again this year. 
 

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Bluffton Public Library
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Tai Chi classes offered at BFR staring Feb. 4

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2016 - 2:18pm

Bluffton Family Recreation will offer classes in Tai Chi. Classes are held at 9 a.m. on Thursdays. The first class is Feb. 4, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.

Classes offer ways for participants to reduce stress, tai chi has evolved into a graceful form of exercise that's now used for stress reduction and a variety of other health conditions.

Often described as meditation in motion, tai chi promotes serenity through gentle, flowing movements.

For more information contact BFR at 419-358-4150. Classes take place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

 

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Walking on water

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2016 - 2:07pm

The Canada Geese at the Buckeye have special powers, and here's proof. Mary Pannabecker Steiner, using her cell phone, photographed this goose walking on the waters of the Buckeye.

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Iconoclast View
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Tree Commission meets Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2016 - 2:03pm

The Village of Bluffton’s Tree Commission will meet Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the  town hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
 

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Here's the Division III girls' sectional pairings

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 2, 2016 - 8:52am

ELIDA DISTRICT - Girls' Division III
Tournament pairings
 
At Bluffton University

Upper bracket - Feb. 16
Delphos Jefferson vs. Paulding, 6:30 p.m.

Sectional championship - Feb. 20
Delphos Jefferson/Paulding winner vs. Columbus Grove, 6:15 p.m.

Lower bracket - Feb. 16
Patrick Henry vs. Coldwater, 8 p.m.

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