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University Sunday concert features songs of the season

Posted by Icon K on October 16, 2019 - 6:00am

Bluffton University will host an instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

Dr. Roy Couch, associate professor of music, will conduct the program with a piece by Barry Milner called “An October Sky” and “Gales of November” by James Hosay. The varied choices will reference the fall season. 

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Mommy, are you going to jail?

A mother's musings
Posted by LizGH on October 16, 2019 - 6:00am

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
"Mommy, are you going to jail?"

This is what my daughter asked me, as I was being pulled over by the police for speeding. All three of my children were in the car at the time, and I had been speeding down Bentley Road because I was late to a lunch date with some friends.

"No, mommy's not going to jail. Mommy is getting a speeding ticket," I explained to my worried 7 and 6 year-old daughters. "That means I have to pay a fine."

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Bluffton's October sky

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2019 - 6:07pm

Autumn is beginning to bloom in Bluffton. Lawns are still being mowed and trees are turning colors. Here's a view of the autumn sky looking south from Snider Road.

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A tree with character...and a very long look-back period

Bluffton's white oak approaches its third century
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2019 - 5:50pm

Q: What is the oldest living object in Bluffton?

Hint: It’s birth occurred the same decade that Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos, Russia’s Peter the Great ruled, Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels, and Europe explorers discovered Easter Island.

A: Bluffton’s oldest living thing is probably approaching three centuries in age. It’s the enormous white oak (Quercus alba) in the far section of Maple Grove Cemetery, estimated to have been planted in 1721.

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Do you know a guy who think's he's Teddy Roosevelt? (but isn't)

Well, he's in the "Arsenic and Old Lace" cast at Bluffton University
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2019 - 5:01pm

• BHS grad Caleb Mikesell is on the cast
Bluffton University will present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring for the fall play from Oct. 31-Nov. 3. 

In “Arsenic and Old Lace,” theater critic Mortimer Brewster’s charming and charitable aunts have an usual ministry helping lonely boarders to their heavenly rest by serving poisoned elderberry wine.

The famous 1941 dark comedy features a nephew who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, a gangster on the run and unsuspecting police officers dropping in on the mayhem.

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Still time to signup for Wednesday "Getting your house in order" workshop

Presented by four Bluffton business professionals
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 15, 2019 - 2:19pm

There's still time to sign-up for the Wednesday program -
Four Bluffton business professionals will offer free “Getting Your House In Order” workshops this fall.

Faith Investment Services, partnering with Fortman Insurance, Scott Basinger, attorney at law, and Neil Reichenbach, CPA, present workshops addressing basic questions about retirement, insurance coverage, taxes and similar subjects.

The first free workshop, is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the front portion of Faith Investment Services building, 101 N. Main St., Bluffton.

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