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Chamber invites you to Wednesday's brown bag roundtable: "How can we improve Bluffton?"

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 5:55pm

It's rescheduled for Wednesday at noon!

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a brown bag lunch roundtable discussion from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the third floor of the town hall. The discussion was originally set for Feb. 5 but was called off due to the weather.

The roundtable's theme continues the chamber's Jan. 17 breakfast discussion of “How can we improve Bluffton?" The discussion is open to any chamber member and Bluffton resident.

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Geo-lympics could be the next Olympic sport

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 5:09pm

Cody Cook, a Bluffton University junior from Clayton, Kan., puts pins in a world map to mark countries named by Trustworthy Ndlovu (back right).

The pinning took place during one of several campus competitions— athletic and academic—held Feb. 7 in connection with the opening of the Winter Olympics.

Ndlovu, a junior from Zimbabwe, rapidly read the names of 30 nations in the geography contest, and Cook and two opponents had to find as many as they could on their respective maps.

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One intelligent squirrel

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 5:04pm

If this squirrel can read and write then we have lots of questions. Dennis Morrison snapped this photo in the backyard of Sam and Janette Reineke's on South Main Street. We suspect that other factors were at work in this photo. Next time you see Dennis ask him for the story. It's probably pretty good.

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Weather conditions do not slow down BFR’s Keeping Active schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 7:00am

 

This winter has been dominated by snow and cold conditions, two elements that can entice people to stay inside. At the same time, the extended periods of winter weather have frustrated people who want to get out and move. The BFR’s Keeping Active programs are designed to alleviate this problem. “Even with all the days with poor weather conditions, we are happy to report that individuals and families continue to take advantage of the free walking days, family events, and fitness classes,” commented BFR director, Carole Enneking.

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University Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band perform Feb. 16

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 6:22am

 

Bluffton University’s Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band will present the university’s annual winter instrumental concert at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16, in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken during intermission for music scholarships.

Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, conducts the Jazz Ensemble, whose seven numbers will include “A Salute to Glenn Miller” and arrangements of “MacArthur Park,” “Frankie and Johnny” and Cole Porter’s “Night and Day.”

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University students contemplate the ‘voiceless’ at ICPF

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 11, 2014 - 6:19am

 

Seven Bluffton University students spent the weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 2 exploring practical ways to give voice to the voiceless.

Mary Schrag, Jacey Dehogues and Robin Adams attended the Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference—held this year at Eastern Mennonite University—along with fellow Bluffton students Kerry Bush, Matthew McCoy, Eliot Nofziger and Joe Schaer.

The annual peacebuilding conference addresses conflict worldwide and encourages attendees to adopt nonviolent conflict resolution methods.

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