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Trinity Lutheran School started on Aug. 17

Classes at Trinity Lutheran School, Jenera began on  Aug. 17.  The school has classes for Pre-school through Grade 8.

Valarie Tharman joins Traci Hummer (Pre-school and Kindergarten), Connie Krueger (Grades 1-2), Jeremy Dennings (Grades 5-6) and Steve Strong (Grades 7-8 and Principal) as the teacher of Grades 3-4. Valarie is a graduate of Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minnesota.

 

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Storytime, playgroup and creative crochet coming to the library

Bluffton Public Library will have a special Storytime for children who are just about to start school/kindergarten.

In addition the library will launch a playgroup and crochet group for youth.

The Storytime is Monday, Aug. 24, at 6:30 p.m. or Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m.  at the library.

According to Esther Birkey, youth services coordinator, "Starting Kindergarten can be an exciting, yet anxious experience for a child. Bluffton Public Library would like to support local families in preparation for this new chapter.

55 years later - here's the BHS class of 1960

On July 25 Bluffton High School Class of 1960 held its 55th reunion at the town hall in Bluffton. Seventeen class members were present.

Row I: Sandra (Diller) Rinnert, Karen (Anderson) Garmatter, Karen (Gerber) McKanna, Nancy (Patterson) Tripp, Connie (Patterson) Kear, Lucille (Amstutz) Fawley

Row II: Betty (Stratton) Ziessler, Marylin (Dillman) Basinger, Emily (Hochstettler) Crawfis, Terri (Preto) Wilch, Dave Bash, Vera Basinger, Terry Marshall

Row III: Doug Reichenbach, Jan Emmert, Jim Luginbihl, Larry Core

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Sing-a-long

Jayne McGarrity plays the piano during Saturday morning's Bluffton Presbyterian Church sing-a-long on the church lawn.

Looks like Bluffton school board is ready for the new school year

Based on Monday's Bluffton school board agenda, you'd think that school is about to start. Of course, it is.

The agenda includes offering of several last-minute back-to-school agenda items.

Among these are:
• Activity account transfers
• Contracts and assignments for several supplemental positions
• Substitute teacher contracts
• Saturday school supervisors

The entire Monday agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Major changes coming to several Main Street intersections prior to school starting

A major change is coming to several Main Street intersections this month.

During Monday’s council meeting, Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will update council on a Main Street street marking project scheduled to take place before Aug. 31 by Zimmerman Painting.

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