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Judy Kingery was a 1963 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:33pm

Judith (Judy) K. Kingery, 70, died on Sept. 6, 2015 at Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center in Brookville, Ohio.
 
Judy was born in Bluffton and was the daughter of Kenneth and Pauline (Eikenbary) Chidester, who preceded her in death.  Judy was a 1963 Bluffton High School graduate. Judy was married to Ronald Kingery.

Survivors include a daughter Jodi (Kevin) Brooks of Sevierville, Tenn., and son Scott Stelzer of Findlay; two stepdaughters Loretta and Katie; 10 grandchildren Tyler (and wife Amanda), Brett, Brandon, Dylan, Chad, Grace, Lily, Meghan, Kaley, and Koby. 

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Health care law discussed in Constitution Day Forum Sept. 17

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 11, 2015 - 3:28pm

Dr. Timothy Jost, the Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law in the Washington and Lee University School of Law, will examine “The Constitution and Health Care for the Uninsured” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Jost will address why it is difficult to reform health care financing in the U.S. constitutional system. He is a widely cited expert on the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s health care law.

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Bluffton University
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Funeral service for Wava Taylor on Sept. 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2015 - 9:49pm

Wava J. Taylor, 89, died 4:05 a.m. Sept. 10, 2015, at Richland Manor, Bluffton.  Wava was born April 4,1926, in Bluffton to the late Roy and Ethel Geiger Lehman.

Wava was a cook and worked at area restaurants. 

Survivors include a daughter, Donna Deitrick of North Baltimore, three sons, Bob Deitrick, Ed (Linda) Deitrick, and Fred Deitrick all of Findlay, nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Ortha Lehman of Alta Loma, CA.  She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Lehman. 

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Super!

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2015 - 6:03pm

The Bluffton High School Super Fans are in shape for the football season. Each time the Pirates score someone becomes the "push up" guy. This photo is from last Friday. This week the Pirates are on the road facing Ft. Loramie for the first-time ever.

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Retired Grove teacher has Saturday book signing at Book ReViews

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2015 - 5:58pm

Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, hosts Beth Huffman, local author is a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Huffman is a retired English teacher from Columbus Grove. She will sign copies of her new book “Dance, Belle, Dance!”

It is the story of a girl, Belle, born with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Her inability to focus in the classroom creates many obstacles and her immaturity results in social miscues that her peers don’t understand.

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800 celebrate 175th anniversary of establishment of first Mennonite Church in Bluffton-Pandora

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 10, 2015 - 5:20pm

By Ron and Alice Lora 
of the Swiss Community Historical Society of Pandora/Bluffton

Nearly 800 people gathered in a wheat field between Bluffton and Pandora, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, to celebrate the establishment of the first Mennonite church in what came to be known as the Swiss Settlement.

The worshippers in that original log building grew in number, later dividing into four churches that flourish today: Ebenezer Mennonite and First Mennonite of Bluffton, Grace Mennonite and St. John Mennonite of Pandora.

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