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Governor authorizes state disaster relief for Cloverdale and Jerry City

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 5:58pm

Today Governor John R. Kasich authorized use of State Disaster Relief funds to assist the Villages of Cloverdale (Putnam Co.) and Jerry City (Wood Co.) as they continue to recover from the severe storms and tornadoes that impacted Ohio on November 17, 2013.

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Judy Clemens, Pandora author, releases "Leave Tomorrow Behind"

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 5:57pm

Stella Crown, the creation of Pandora writer Judy Clemens, is at it again. 

And if you don't know Stella, The Boston Globe calls her "A quirky, tough female protagonist with a soft center."

Clemens, author of the Stella Crown and Grim Reaper Mystery Series, has just released “Leave Tomorrow Behind,” the latest in her Stella Crown mystery series. The book is published by Poisoned Pen Press.

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BHS artist at home with anime-style cartoons

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 5:32pm

Bluffton has its own cartoonist. Though not nationally syndicated, Maia Woods-Yee, Bluffton High School senior, creates lots of cartoons using the anime style, popular in a series that tells a story.

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Woods-Yee is enrolled in a Design II art class where she works on some of her cartoons. And, she works on these computer-generated pieces outside of school hours, too.

She first creates an outline of the single-frame cartoon and then works to fill it in. Some of her cartoons are in color; others are black and white.

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X marks the spot

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 5:12pm

Will your lawn be decorated for the holidays? If so, make certain that it is marked on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce holiday light map. The map will be posted on the chamber website so that out-of-town visitors to Bluffton know where to go to see the community's lights. Maps will also be available free at the red mailbox on the Presbyterian Church lawn and in several businesses. To place your display on this year's map e-mail your address to: [email protected] and request to be on the mail.

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Once upon a time Stoney's was Smith's Barbershop

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 4:47pm

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One of Bluffton's many barbers, here's Dick Smith cutting BHS student James Swank. This is an advertisement in the 1959 Bluffton High School yearbook. Today this is Stoney's Barbershop, below Bluffton Karate Center.

We really like the cash register. 

Icon view comments are welcome.

(Thanks for the correction, Sam. Ray Johnson was my barber. I never went to Smitties.)

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Richland Manor host of Dec. 9 Senior Center dinner

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 26, 2013 - 1:49pm

The December Bluffton Senior Citizens dinner meeting, sponsored by Richland Manor, is free to members. The meeting is at at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at the center, 132 N. Main St. Tickets must be reseerved by Wednesday, Dec. 4. 

Several other activities are planned in December at the Center. To view the December Center newsletter open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.

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