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Three from Bluffton on Rhodes summer dean's list

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:39am

Rhodes State College, Lima, announced its 2020 summer dean’s list. To be eligible, students need to have earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least six credit hours.

Bluffton students on the list are:
Guy Michael Crawford  
Braeden Ty Edwards
Matthew Logan Foust

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Trinity Lutheran, Jenera, has new fall schedule

New teachers announced at Trinity Lutheran School
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:27am

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, has a new fall schedule. 

In-person Sunday services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with Bible classes for teens and adults at 9:20 a.m.

There will be no in-person Sunday School for children, but beginning Sunday, Sept. 13, Bible lessons, taught by experienced teachers, are available free via YouTube.  The lessons begin with creation. 

To access these lessons, visit nph.net/ss-at-home. The videos for Pre-K through grade 4 are about 12 minutes long. The videos for grades 5-8 are about 25 minutes long. 

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41 degree temperature range experienced in August

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:13am

August temperature’s experienced a 41-degree range, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The month’s high reading of 92 degrees was on Aug. 25 and 27. The low was 51 degrees on Aug. 5.

Other August weather stats follow:
August 2020 average temperature 72.2 degrees
Normal August average temperature 72.1 degrees

August 2020 rainfall 2.97 inches
Normal August average rainfall 3.28 inches

The daily August weather summary is below:­

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Happiness through the lens of Wisdom Literature

Aug. 25 univeristy forum theme
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 11:04am

“What does it mean to be happy? Do we have a right to be happy? Do I deserve to be happy?”

Dr. Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, assistant professor of religion and campus pastor at Bluffton University, posed these questions during her Aug. 25 Forum presentation, “Deserving Happiness: A Wisdom Conversation.”

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Joanne and Leland Voth celebrate 70th wedding anniversary

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 10:58am

Leland and Joanne (Buhler) Voth celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 2, 2020.  

They were married at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, in 1950, and have four children Nancy (Jerry) Suter of Pandora, David (Laura) Voth of Bluffton, Pam (Merlin) Shank of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kevin (Sandra) Voth of Alpharetta, Georgia.  

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Rebekah Hoff's Future Shepherds 4-H awards

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 3, 2020 - 10:51am

The Icon's listing of awards at the Allen County Fair did not include Rebekah Hoff's awards received from her two goats with the Future Shepherds 4-H Club. Those awards follow:

Champion - Market Goat Rate of Gain
1st place - Market Goat Meat Class (92 lbs. and above)
2nd place - Senior Goat Showmanship
3rd place - Market Goat Meat Class (84-86 lbs.)
5th place - Market Goat Rate of Gain (for her other goat)
6th place - Sr. Division of Livestock Judging

 

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