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The story of Bluffton PO Box 102

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2015 - 6:32pm

When Tom Benroth retired recently he vacated his storied Bluffton PO box 102. It is now up for rent and if there's a highest bidder the U.S. Postal Service may end in the black this year. For 35 years Benroth's morning mail routine was legendary. He kept the PO box 102 key on the post office narrow lobby ledge above the boxes so that he'd never lose it. Once, upon returning from a one-week vacation we witnessed him reach for the key and it was missing. Turns out he left the key in the PO box lock all weeklong. Nobody touched it. As of Jan. 21 the famous box was still vacant.

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BFR invites you to a Friday "Keeping Active" kick-off

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 22, 2015 - 6:22pm

BFR Sports and Fitness invites Icon viewers to this winter’s Keeping Active Kick-off from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23, according to Carole Enneking.

OPEN THE KEEPING ACTIVE CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN THE ATTACHMENT BELOW.

Keeping Active includes six weeks of free use of the BFR indoor track, free attendance to group fitness classes, free access to recreational activities and free participation in learning session on exercise and nutrition as scheduled.

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Sheerer bucket at buzzer sends Beavers to victory

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2015 - 11:42pm

By: Griffin Kuras, sports information assistant

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Bluffton University
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Manchester men rout Bluffton 77-58

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2015 - 11:41pm

By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

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Bluffton University
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Anita Augsburger Topp was a 1966 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2015 - 11:01pm

Anita L. (Augsburger) Topp, 66, of Delphos, died on Sunday Jan. 4, 2015, at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. 

She was born July 3, 1948, in Bluffton, to Denver and Pauline (Showalter) Augsburger. Both preceded her in death. She married John Vogt on Jan. 17, 1970,  and he preceded her in death on Oct. 30, 1988. She then married Larry Topp on Nov. 26, 1994, he survives in Delphos.

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Obituaries
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Family satisfaction survey ranks Willow Ridge in elite Ohio group

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2015 - 10:22pm

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) does it again!

Willow Ridge of MHCO was named 13th highest in the State of Ohio according to the results of the 2014 Ohio Department of Aging Resident Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey.

Daren Lee, director of Maple Crest Senior Living Village and MMH Independent Living, said that those survey results were released this month.

Willow Ridge, featuring the first Green House Homes in Ohio, scored a 94.6% satisfaction score to achieve its ranking. 

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