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What you need to know about Bluffton elementary reopen plans

“Meet the Teacher” and Open House are cancelled for this school year
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 2:11pm

This is the first in a three part series of Bluffton school reopen plans by building.
By Tim Closson,
elementary school principal
As students return to Bluffton Exempted Village Schools this fall, we want to provide the most effective and safest learning environment for our students and staff.

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Regional news
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Seed propagation gardeners topic Sept. 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:53pm

Bluffton Area Gardeners will meet at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 1, via Zoom. Dave McPheron, master gardener volunteer for Hardin County, of Star-Farm-Native Plants, will present a program on seed propagation. For a link to the meeting contact Victoria Zeits. The August club newsletter is attached.

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Regional news
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Library board meets Tuesday

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:44pm

The Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, via video conferencing. To request an invitation for the meeting, please contact Jessica Hermiller, Director, at  [email protected].  

 

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Regional news
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Take a Bluffton summer art walk

Ninth in a series - Klassen Court art focuses on religious themes
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:29pm

Ninth in a series –
More photos at the bottom this story
Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Bluffton community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.

In this weekly series, The Icon features the art created by John Peter Klassen (1888-1975), a long-time Bluffton College art professor, and art by other artists in the community.

For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience.

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Regional news
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95 football seasons ago at Bluffton College

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 24, 2020 - 1:14pm

Here's the Bluffton College football team during the 1925 season. With only four games, the schedule appears overpowering: Ohio Northern University, Findlay, Bowling Green and Defiance.

While Bluffton did not win a game, they stayed very close to each opponent, losing only by 15 points at its widest margin of loss.

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Historical Bluffton
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Jean Ann Szabo was a member of the Bluffton University music faculty from 1965 to 1992

Accompanied many performances of Handel's Messiah; was a Bluffton Lions Club citizen of the year
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 23, 2020 - 7:40pm

Jean Ann Szabo,  93, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born April 15, 1927, in Findlay, Ohio, to Forrest L. and Joyce V. (Flick) Steinman. The family lived in Jenera, Ohio, and moved to Bluffton in 1935. She married E. James Szabo on Sept. 24, 1949, in Bluffton, and he died in 2010.

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Obituaries
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