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Dale Risser was a retired carpenter from Excello/Purepak

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 5:54pm

Dale E. Risser, 83, died March 24, 2014 at Lima Memorial Health System.  He was born Oct. 28, 1930 in Vaughnsville to the late Wilbur and Edna (Glancy) Risser.  On June 29, 1956, he married Joyce Augsburger and she survives.

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Talk on invasive plants at the library April 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 9:08am

Gardeners of Bluffton-Pandora Area will hold a program on "invasive plants," at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, at the Bluffton Public Library.

The program titled "Bullies and Invasives," is free and open to the public. Mark Mohr, naturalist from Johnny Appleseed Parks, will discuss which plants are invasive and how to identify them. Mohr will also explain the best methods for removal and ways to avoid importing them to your landscape.

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Bluffton Public Library
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Seven one-act plays in April 1-2 One-Act Festival

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 9:03am

About 20 Bluffton University students will either direct or perform in seven one-act plays during a One-Act Festival on campus April 1 and 2. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. both nights in College Hall’s Ramseyer Auditorium; general-admission tickets will be $3 at the door.

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Bluffton University
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Crystal Wilkinson featured writer at university English Festival

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 9:01am

Award-winning writer Crystal Wilkinson, guest author at Bluffton University’s 30th annual English Festival on April 1, will also speak at the weekly campus forum that Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.

In “Writing Black, Writing Appalachian”—which is free and open to the public—the Kentucky-based fiction writer and poet will discuss growing up African-American in Appalachia and the importance of place in her writing. She will read from her work as well.

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Bluffton University
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Adam Schattschneider talks about "Woodwinds and the World Wide Web"

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 8:59am

Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music at Bluffton University, will discuss several projects he undertook during a 2012-13 sabbatical at a March 28 campus colloquium.

His presentation, “Woodwinds and the World Wide Web,” is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. that Friday in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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For Christians, love is never far away: Bluffton speaker

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 25, 2014 - 8:57am

The Christian story isn’t about collecting the right set of beliefs, or obeying God’s “do’s and don’ts,” or trying to be a “good person,” an Oregon pastor told a Bluffton University audience March 18.

Instead, said Meghan Good, it has to do with turning around and seeing who’s always there.

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Bluffton University
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