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Your invitation to be a friend of the library

Service organization raises funds for programs the library can no longer fund
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 1:56pm

Friends of the Bluffton Public Library 2021 membership drive is underway, according to Deb Beer, Friends president.

The cost of a membership is only $5. According to Beer, the Friends now have over 40 members and hope for the number to increase.

“The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library is a service organization,” she said. “Our main goal is raising money for the library programs that can no longer be funded by the library board due to cuts in state funding.

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Bluffton Public Library
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Transformative stardom of ordinary people

That's the message of this year's Keeney Peace Lecturer
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 3:05pm

During Bluffton University’s annual Keeney Peace Lecture, Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr. called on members of the campus community to “courageously use their resources, platforms and privilege to disrupt and dismantle policies that discriminate and decimate.”

Sullivan, an ordained minister, executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches and anti-death penalty activist, shared the message during the March 9 Forum, “The Transformative Stardom of Ordinary People.”

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Bluffton University
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This scene can be in your yard

St. Mary's Catholic Church youth fundraiser can bring the Easter Bunny to your house
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 2:34pm

The Easter Bunny will make a special visit to your house. It can happen any time from now to Saturday, April 3 – the day before Easter Sunday.

All you need to do it ask. The visit is a fundraiser by the St. Mary’s Catholic Church youth. Proceeds are used for summer camp.

The Bunny will hop to your house, deliver a goody bag and then you can take a photo of the Bunny with your family. All this for a $25 donation to the church youth group.

And, the Bunny’s range is to residences within a 10-mile radius of Bluffton.

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Worship
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Jon S. Troyer, 1960 - 2021

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 2:16pm

Jon S. Troyer, 60, died at 3:23 a.m. Friday, March 19, 2021, at The Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center surrounded by family.

Jon was born Oct. 27, 1960, in Lima, to the late Leonard and Betty  (Sauder) Troyer.  On July 27, 1985, he married  Cheryl Ann (Phillips) Troyer.

Jon was a 1979 graduate of Elida High School. He grew up on a farm in Elida and was a life-long farmer. He and his brother Craig, owned and operated Troyer Brother's Farm. Jon also worked part-time at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center as a Surgical Tech.

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Obituaries
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Sit back, watch and listen - from your living room

13 Bluffton musical groups perform on Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 1:54pm

Get this!

You may watch this year’s Bluffton Music Boosters chicken barbecue concert from your living room on Saturday.

The annual performance by 13 Bluffton music groups from elementary through high school is pre-recorded.

Watch the school website for the link. Click here to go to Music Department page on school website, where you will find the performance link.

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Events
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First garage sale of the spring

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 1:25pm

Items are moving quickly at the Bluffton Senior Citizens' annual spring garage sale. 
Today (Friday) the sale continues until 6 p.m. Saturday hours are  9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On Monday, everything remaining is half-price, and hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 

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