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

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 17, 2015 - 3:39pm

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2015 - 10:25pm

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

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2015 - 9:31pm

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

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2015 - 9:19pm

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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Public Meetings
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Funeral arrangements incomplete for Ruth Fritschi

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2015 - 8:58pm

Ruth Fritschi, 88, died Aug. 15, 2015, at Richland Manor, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Memorial service Aug. 23 for Irene Hamman

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 16, 2015 - 8:57pm

J. Irene Hamman, 94, died Aug. 6, 2015, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Irene was born July 1, 1921, in New York City to Tracy and Mary (McKnight) Baseley who preceded her in death. On Oct. 1, 1944, she married Raymond Hamman who preceded her in death on April 11, 2000.

She was an active member of her church in each community where she lived, teaching Sunday school, VBS, singing in the choir, working on various committees, and hosting as needed. She served as a Girl Scout leader for several years and chaperoned more than one Junior Prom.

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