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College Goal Sunday event at Columbus Grove on Feb. 14

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 13, 2016 - 1:42pm

Columbus Grove High School will host a College Goal Sunday event from 2 to 4 p.m., Feb. 14, at Columbus Grove High School, according to Tonya Best, school guidance counselor.

The event is for high school seniors and their parents. Kicking off the day is a 1 p.m., college financing workshop. 

Also during the day is free FAFSA assistance will be provided. For more details check the website: www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org.

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Rita Maroscher attended school in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 13, 2016 - 1:33pm

Rita M. Maroscher, 62, of Uhrichsville, died Thursday, Feb, 11, 2016, in the home of her sister, Carmen Maurer, in Dover.

Born May 30, 1953, in Columbus, she was a daughter of Bruno Maroscher of
Bluffton, and the late Martha Jane McNaughton Maroscher. Rita attended school
in Bluffton, and began her career working at the family's business, Bruno's
I.G.A. in Beaverdam. She went on to be employed by Food Lion grocery stores as a meat cutter, and later retired as market manager. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Kantners tell their story

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 13, 2016 - 11:21am

Justin and Elya Kantner talk with Mitch Kingsley following Friday's chamber breakfast. The Kanters will move to Paraguay this summer as Christian missionaries. Justin told chamber members at the breakfast about the why, how and when of the career change.

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Snow in Bluffton? What's that?

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 12, 2016 - 10:29pm

Ada Icon photographer Ken Collins was in Bluffton on Friday. He snapped a few weather photos while in the State Route 103 neighborhood around 5 p.m. just as some snow showers moved in. 

 

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Rustic Bendz - jewelry - featured Saturday at Book ReViews

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 12, 2016 - 9:58pm

Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., celebrates Valentine’s Day with a designed jewelry program on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.
  
Jenny Frankart of Rustic Bendz, spoon artist/owner, has designed jewelry for three years and says she "wants her creations to be fun." 

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Shannon Cemetery Commission will make recommendations to council on Monday

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 12, 2016 - 9:46pm

The Shannon Cemetery Commission will bring a nine-point recommendation to Bluffton council on Monday.
 
The commission met on Feb. 9 with nine of its 11 members present and voted unanimously on its recommendations. Council must now act on the recommendations.
 
Among the recommendations are to have funds for the project come from donations, replace gravestones on their “known” graves, and restore and clean all stones.
 

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