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Superintendent's report: Race to the top grant and more

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2014 - 8:11pm

By Greg Denecker, Bluffton schools superintendent

Note: The winter school district newsletter was mailed earlier this week. Here is the lead column by Superintendent Denecker. The entire newsletter is avialable in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

I think we are all hoping for some warmer weather and looking forward to spring! Delays and cancellations have wreaked havoc on many families' schedules, so the hope is that better weather is right around the corner.

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Public Meetings
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University speaker: Church moderator relates to immigrants

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2014 - 8:07pm

She holds a doctorate in ministry, and a master’s degree in religion, but those weren’t the parts of her education that Dr. Elizabeth Soto Albrecht shared Feb. 4 at Bluffton University.

Instead, the moderator of Mennonite Church USA went back to elementary school in Chicago—where her family had moved from Puerto Rico—and what she called a “stolen” educational foundation.

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Bluffton University
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Jeff Sprague will present Charles M. Hankish award at Apollo tonight

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2014 - 4:09pm

Apollo Career Center Honors Graduates, Alumni and Citizens of the Year

TApollo Career Center will celebrate National Career Technical Education month starting with its annual All Area Boards meeting, Thursday, Feb. 6,  at 6 p.m. in the Apollo Commons.

Board members from Apollo’s 11-member schools and three County Educational Service Centers will be present, in addition to special guests.

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Regional news
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Elizabeth Benjamin was born in Germany

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 6, 2014 - 4:06pm

 

Elizabeth K. Benjamin, 93, of Findlay died at 8:05 p.m. Feb. 4, 2014, at Richland Manor, Bluffton.  She was born Sept. 13, 1920 in Frankfort, Germany, to the late Karl and Elizabeth Baumann Lerch. On Aug.t 2, 1946, she married John Benjamin and he preceded her in death in June, 1985.

She was a homemaker and had graduated from business school in Frankfort.  She attended Trinity Baptist Church, Findlay. 

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Obituaries
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Bluffton PTO bakery Bingo a "huge success"

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2014 - 9:33pm

The Bluffton Elementary PTO bakery Bingo event was a great success, according to Melissa Knauss, PTO president. The group estimates that this year's profit may be over $3,000, up from over $2,300 last year.

"We ended up with 22 classroom baskets, and 31 business baskets for a total of 53," she said. "Everyone had fun playing Bingo." 

"We had eight tables filled with donated baked goods, which then individuals who won Bingo, could pick their choice of a baked good.

"The winner of our 50/50 drawing was Natalie Mueller, taking home $215," she added.

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Regional news
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American Heritage Girls Troop organizing in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2014 - 9:24pm

The American Heritage Girls program is coming to Bluffton.

AHG is a nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to the mission of building women of integrity through service to God, family, community, and country. It is open to girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Tanya Augsburger (Troop Coordinator) and Randa Kinn (Vice Coordinator) have been working through the process of getting an AHG troop going here. Every AHG Troop has a Chartering Organization, and Bluffton Baptist Church has agreed to fill that role for Bluffton’s AHG Troop OH2505.

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Regional news
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