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New face in town

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 6:39pm

Bluffton's east side water tower has a fresh paint job. It's the Bluffton University logo in official university colors.

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75-year Bluffton alumna, Margery Gregg, comes ‘home’ for May Day

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 6:38pm

Margery (Lecrone) Gregg has a simple answer to the question of what keeps bringing her back to the Bluffton campus where she graduated from college in 1940.

“It’s home,” says the Amsterdam, Ohio, resident, 96, who returned again with her daughter and son-in-law, Carol (Gregg ’66) and Jan ’69 Benroth, for Bluffton University’s annual May Day events on May 2.

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Bluffton University
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Emma Burkholder April BHS student of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 6:34pm

The April student of the month at Bluffton High School is Emma Burkholder, daughter of Steve and Laurel Burkholder.

Emma is a senior at Bluffton high school and has a 3.561 GPA.

She is involved in many activities including Chamber Choir, Show Choir, District 3 Honors Choir, National Honor Society, Drama Club, Latin Club, Academic Team, Teens for Christ, Ebenezer Mennonite Youth Group and Campus Life. Other interests include dancing, acting, singing and traveling.

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People
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Durand Dudley 1926-2015

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on May 5, 2015 - 4:07pm

Durand S. Dudley, 89 of Bluffton and formerly of Findlay passed away May 4, 2015 at Willow Ridge - Frieda House, Bluffton.  He was born February 28, 1926 in Cleveland to the late George and Corinne (Durand) Dudley.  On July 3, 1954 he married Dorothy Woolworth Dudley who preceded him in death on April 26, 1997.

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Shannon Service Club accepting donations for downtown flags

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 2:11pm

The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. (Sharing Hopes And Nourishing Needs Of Neighbors) Service Club of Bluffton invites Icon viewers decorate Main Street of Bluffton with American flags flying in the wind, according to Duane Bollenbacher of the club.

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Regional news
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May 12 invitation to contra dance; performance in town hall by local musicians

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 1:34pm

Silver Threads among the Gold, a group of Bluffton-area musicians, will perform at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, in the next Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.

The Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee sponsors the series. The program is free and open to the public.

Musicians include Jan Wiebe, Steve and Monica Harnish, Teri Friesen, Betty Sommer, Bruce Chesser, Ray Person, Jason Frisch and Chappell-Dick.

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Events
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