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Fort Findlay Stamp and Postcard Club annual show this weekend

The Fort Findlay Stamp and Postcard Club marks its 63rd year with their annual show, FINPEX  2016.  This year’s themes for the FINdlay Philatelic EXhibition are “Findlay’s Hot Air Balloon History” and “Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the First Transpacific Balloon Flight.” 

This year’s show dates are Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13.  Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.  A special show postmark and cover commemorating our Hot Air Balloons will be available for sale on each day of the show. 

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Young Artists Competition comes to Bluffton University on March 19

Up-and-coming musicians will compete on March 19 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall during the Lima Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition for Strings. The competition will culminate with a finalists’ concert at 7:30 p.m.
 
During the competition, participants in two divisions compete for cash awards up to $600 and the opportunity to perform during the finalists’ concert. Auditions for the evening concert begin at 1 p.m. Both the concert and the auditions are free and open to the public.
 

Webb and Gonzalez earn All-Region honors

March 8, 2016

USTFCCCA All-Region Honorees

BLUFFTON, Ohio - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the All-Region honorees for the 2015-16 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field season.

To be named All-Region, an athlete must either be ranked in the top-5 of an individual event in the region according to final TFRRS data or be part of a top-3 relay team.

Beavers sweep day three at Rebel Games

March 8, 2016
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

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Road kill posse

They're back. Bluffton's road kill posse, also known as turkey vultures, started to arrive in Bluffton this month. Quickly becoming Bluffton's unofficial mascot of the air, a committee of vultures - that's one term for them - adopted Bluffton several years ago and liked it so much they return each spring. We understand when they circle in the air the correct term is a kettle of vultures.

 

Swiss Society's March 13 meeting focus on history and stories of the Swiss Homestead

The history of and recollections from persons who have lived at one time or another in the Swiss Community Historical Society's Swiss Homestead is the theme of the Swiss Society's spring meeting on March 13.

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