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Show and tell

It was show-and-tell in the four-year-old class at Bluffton Community Child Development Center. The fun game "Operation" caught everyone's attention.

$8,500 cash and in-kind prizes offered to winners in 2016 BCE business plan competition

Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs will expand its 2016 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition into two divisions with six total winners, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president.

This year’s cash and in-kind prizes total $8,500.

The contest offers a Start-up and Emerging Business Division, accepting entries from Allen, Hancock, Putnam and Hardin counties. It offers a $2,000 first place, $1,000 second place and $500 third place cash award, in addition to several in-kind prizes.

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Trinity Lutheran hosts mission worker Oct. 24-25

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main St., Jenera, will highlight mission work Oct. 24-25. On Saturday, October 24, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society will host a rally featuring Missionary Terry Schultz who served in Haiti. A time of welcome with refreshments will be from 9-9:30 a.m. followed by Schultz's presentation. The ladies' choir will provide music. Lunch will be served following the meeting. Babysitting is provided and the church is handicapped accessible.

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Pandora UM holding election day meal Nov. 3

The Pandora United Methodist Church located on St. Rt. 12  will be serving chicken/beef noodles, mashed pototoes, full salad bar, dessert and beverage  on Tuesday, Nov. 3 from 5-7 p.m.. Cost of the meal is: adults $8, 3-12 yrs. $4 and under 3 free.

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Mt. Cory, Pleasant View UM churches hold fall fest and trunk or treat Oct. 31

The Mount Cory and Pleasant View United Methodist Churches will be sponsoring
a Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 31 in the parking
lot of the Mount Cory UM Church, corner of Main and Washington
Streets in Mount Cory.

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Bluffton police seek assistance identifying "suspicious male"

Bluffton police seek public assistance in identifying an individual who has been seen over the course of several days on various parts of the Bluffton University campus, according to Rick Skilliter, police chief.

According to a report from the police: Officials say the male has been observed in restricted areas.

On Thursday, Oct. 22, Bluffton police officers attempted to stop the man in an attempt to identify him, but he fled on foot, and drove off in a dark-colored four-door vehicle, leaving the area before police could stop him.

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