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November public library newsletter on the Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2015 - 12:42pm

The Bluffton Public Library's November electronic newsletter is now on The Icon.

Click here to open it.

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‘Everyday water-walkers’ are all around, speaker tells university audience

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2015 - 12:18pm

Instances of water-walking still happen in the world—and Jonathan Larson says he has found some.

Maybe not exactly parallel to what Jesus and the apostle Peter do in Matthew 14, but nonetheless what Larson called “real ‘water-walking’” deeds of moral courage in examples he provided Oct. 27 at Bluffton University.

And Jesus’ words to Peter—“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”—echo in every story, taken from the work and travels of Larson, Bluffton’s Spiritual Life Week speaker.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton professor discusses new book

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2015 - 12:15pm

Dr. Rebecca Janzen, an assistant professor of Spanish at Bluffton University, gestures during an Oct. 27 discussion of her new book, “The National Body in Mexican Literature: Collective Challenges to Biopolitical Control,” in Bluffton’s Musselman Library. The book is the first by Janzen, a third-year faculty member at the university and its 2015-16 C. Henry Smith Scholar. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Toronto.

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Bluffton University
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Blanchard River Watershed Partnership annual meeting Nov. 18

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2015 - 12:12pm

The annual meeting of the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Hancock Ag. Center, 7868 County Road 140, Findlay. 

A continental breakfast will be served at 7 a.m. with the meeting portion starting at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will conclude by 9 a.m. A RSVP is required for breakfast; please respond to [email protected] or call Phil Martin, Watershed Coordinator at 419.422.6487.

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Regional news
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Bluffton's town meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 29, 2015 - 6:06pm

Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce held a mayoral candidate forum at the middle school on Oct. 28. The 60-plus minute forum allowed the three candidates to offer views on several village matters.

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The three mayoral candidates in their own words

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 29, 2015 - 5:09pm

Judy Augsburger, Jerry Cupples and David Steiner shared their views and visions of Bluffton to 92 persons who attended a Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce mayoral candidate forum on Tuesday evening in the middle school.

Moderator Stanley Scott, Bluffton University political science professor, led the forum. Duane Bollenbacher served as timer.

The Icon created videos of each mayoral candidate's opening response during the Oct. 28 mayoral candidate forum. In addition, the candidate's closing remarks are taped.

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