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Bethel Church of Christ has back-to-school "Urge" event Aug. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 5:03pm

A free event, titled Urge 2016, open to youth from junior high through college age takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 21 at Bethel Church of Christ just north of Ada.

The focus  is to encourage students ( to do well in the upcoming school year and to urge them to be who God wants them to be in their schools. 

URGE features Courtnee Morris as the guest speaker along with the Mike Lee Band (Worship) from Fort Wayne, SafeKept (Christian Rock) from Columbus and B List Boys (Christian Hip Hop) from Bluffton.

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Worship
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Emmanuel UCC invites community to worship in the park Aug. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 4:57pm

Friends and neighbors are invited to Worship in the Park at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, with Emmanuel United Church of Christ. The service and family activities will be held in the Bluffton village park under the pavilion by the baseball field.

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Worship
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63 years later - here's a bird's-eye view of neighboring Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 3:56pm

We asked the Icon photographer for a bird's-eye view of Bluffton and he apparently flew over the wrong community.

Here's how neighboring Ada appeared from a bird's-eye view 63 years ago. The photo was published in Ada's 1953 centennial booklet.

There are 15 buildings identified in the legend at the bottom of the photo.

 

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton University receives $25,000 grant to support vocational exploration

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 3:38pm

Bluffton University’s mission is to “prepare students of all backgrounds for life as well as vocation.”

During the 2016-17 academic year, the university will boost its efforts toward vocational exploration through The Venture Project, a program made possible through the generous support of the Council of Independent Colleges and the Lilly Foundation Inc. The Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVue) grant is worth $25,000.

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Bluffton University
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Fall youth program registration underway at BFR

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 3:16pm

Bluffton Family Recreation is taking registrations for its two six-week fall program sessions for youngsters.

Session I begins the third week of September and continues until Friday, Oct. 28.
Session 2 begins Sunday, Nov. 6 and continues until Friday, Dec. 16. Parents may register children for either or both sessions now.

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Visitation Tuesday for Helen Driver, 99

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 15, 2016 - 10:40am

Helen E. Driver, 99, died at 2:35 a.m., Aug. 14, 2016, at Bluffton Hospital.

Helen was born Sept. 16, 1916, in Allen County to Russell and Edith (Brenneman) Wolfe, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 13, 1940, she married Marion J. Driver who died on Sept. 22, 1997.

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Obituaries
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