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Bluffton offering winter classes to retirees

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on January 16, 2015 - 12:27pm

Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering three classes on Wednesdays, Feb. 4-March 4, in the Kreider Room in Marbeck Center.

The winter term costs $60, which allows participants to take as many classes as they wish. The fee is due at the time of registration, which is open until Jan. 28 or until classes are full.

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Bluffton University
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Baby, it's cold outside

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on January 16, 2015 - 12:24pm

With the highest temperature reading in the past seven days at 32 and the highest “low” reading at 21, there’s lots of reasons for school delays and bundling up extra tight this month.

Here’s the January daily weather summary from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Open the attachment to this story for the weather summary.

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Regional news
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Alzheimer's support group meets third Monday at MMH

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on January 16, 2015 - 12:22pm

The Alzheimer's Support Group at Mennonite Memorial Home meets at 3:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month.

According to Darren Lee of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, Alzheimer's disease is life-changing for both those who are diagnosed and those close to them. The Alzheimer’s Support Group at Mennonite Memorial Home provides a place to connect with other caregivers who truly understand what you are going through. Often we hear caregivers say they are looking for support from people who "really understand because they've been there, too." 

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People
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Evelyn Smith 1945-2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 16, 2015 - 9:59am

Evelyn L. Smith, 69, of Lima died at 8:10 a.m. Jan. 14, 2015, at her residence.  She was born Aug. 8, 1945 in Trenton, New Jersey, to the late George and Elsie (Lemaster) Hakin. 

She spent her childhood in Osage, West Virginia ,before her family moved to Akron, Ohio.  In 1956 she spent half of her seventh grade in the Lima school.  Evelyn graduated from Shawnee School in 1963.  

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Obituaries
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Frosty cardinal

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2015 - 6:29pm

Icon viewer Sara Brenner photographed a male cardinal perched in Wednesday's hoar frost. The bird's stark red coloring stands out boldly in the white frost.

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Former BHS track coach, Steve Bruskotter, will join Ohio track coaches hall of fame

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2015 - 6:16pm

Long-time Bluffton High School track coach, Steve Bruskotter, will be inducted into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame this month.

Bruskotter will join the Hall during a banquet ceremony on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Hilton at Easton, Columbus, according to Neal Charske, Hall of Fame chairperson.

The official 2015 class includes:

Ed Barker Award recipient: 
Vern Kiehl

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Sports
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