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Three university football players help distribute shoes

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2014 - 9:42pm

Three Bluffton University football players helped distribute shoes to 230 students at Padua Academy in Indianapolis on Jan. 13 as part of an effort coordinated by Samaritan’s Feet International and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Bluffton junior Eric Fox of Brunswick, and seniors Shawn Frost of Ediso and Josh Runda of Lima, were among this season’s first-team all-HCAC players who traveled to Indianapolis with their coaches for the event.

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Bluffton University
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Sr. Center can help you create a t-shirt quilt

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2014 - 2:18pm

Have you ever wanted to create a quilt from your household collection of old t-shirts?

The Bluffton Senior Center can help. The Center's experts can give advice on preparing and sewing the t-shirts and its volunteers can knot the finished top.

Call the Senior Center at 419-358-8971 for pricing and times.

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Regional news
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Here's this week's features at Mustard Seed Cafe

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2014 - 9:52am

Friday/Saturday Dinner Features at Mustard Seed Cafe

Mustard Seed Café, 562 N. Main Street, Bluffton is open 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings with a full menu which includes 7 appetizers, 8 main course items, soups, salads and house-baked desserts.  Beer and beer cocktails are available.

In addition to the regular menu, features this weekend include:

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Business
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What a difference one week makes

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2014 - 10:43pm

Last week at this time Bluffton faced this cruel -6 degree reading on the Citizens National Bank time and temperature marquee. Some of us thought we'd never get out of our deep freeze. But today the temperatures feel like March - and what became of the white stuff?

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Ruth Naylor book of poetry reveals the passing along of family heritage and more

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2014 - 10:17pm

Bluffton poet and creative writer, Ruth Naylor, has published a collection of poetry in a new book centering on her family relationships, aptly titled “A Family Affair.”

Over the years her poetry had appeared in a wide variety of periodicals and a few anthologies. Naylor said that the book’s title refers to the passing on of family heritage and love from grandparents to grandchildren, as well as to the issue of dealing with separation, divorce and illness. 

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People
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Bluffton fire department responded to 87 calls in 2013 - down 20 from previous year

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2014 - 9:46pm

Bluffton's fire department responded to 20 less calls in 2013 than in 2012, according to Jon Kinn, fire chief. During 2012 the department responded to 107 fire calls. This past year that number decreased to 87.

A chart at the bottom of this story shows runs by month and by type. June was the busiest month with 13 calls while December had only 4.

 

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Police/Fire/EMS
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