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School board accepts $50,000 for Hankish Scholarship

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 26, 2009 - 4:29am

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

Thanks to the late Theda Hankish, the Bluffton School Board's October meeting was highlighted by the approval of the Hankish Scholarship Endowment Fund. Hankish, a lifelong Bluffton resident and longtime school teacher, left an endowment in the amount of $50,000 to the local school district, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent. The fund will generate an annual one-time $1,000 scholarship to a Bluffton High School student who plans to enter the teaching profession. The meeting was Oct. 19.

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EC 66 is no zip code

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 25, 2009 - 2:01pm
EC 67

EC 66 means Everett Collier and 66 is his football jersey.

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There goes LGH 4

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 25, 2009 - 1:59pm
LGH 5

Sorry to say, we don't know what the G stands for, or for that matter the 4. However, this license plate belongs to Lowell Hostetler, 11999 Snider Road.

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BFR Halloween party

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 25, 2009 - 1:47pm
Logan and Sydney Nussbaum

Hey, look! Spiderman. No, two Spidermen. Actually its Logan Nussbaum and his sister, Sydney. They were among countless youngsters who dressed up for the BFR Halloween party on Oct. 25. Logan and Sydney are the children of Rick and Aphaphanh Nussbaum of Bluffton.

Check out the Halloween photo gallery for more BFR Halloween photos. And as a reminder, stop by 226 Grove St., Bluffton, home of the Icon on Oct. 29 to get your photo taken. The Icon plans the largest-ever Bluffton Halloween photo gallery.

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Game Review: Psychonauts

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 25, 2009 - 6:01am

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Psychonauts
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: PC, PS2, Xbox, XBLA
Rating: T for Teen

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Donald W. Steiner 1928-2009

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2009 - 5:00pm

Donald W. Steiner, 81, of Bluffton, died at 1 p.m., Oct. 24, 2009, in St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

He was born April 15, 1928 to Clarence and Cora Rupp Steiner in rural Bluffton. On March 3, 1951, he married Eileen Gingerich and she survives.

Mr. Steiner was a farmer and retired from Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., Findlay. He was a minster at the Reformed Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

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