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Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club elects officers

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2015 - 9:30am

The Beaverdam Bunch 4-H Club recently held several organizational meetings this spring.
Meetings were held:

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54 volunteers donate 9,285 hours to Bluffton Hospital in 2014

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 1, 2015 - 10:31pm

The Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary held their annual volunteer recognition banquet May 1 at The Centre of Bluffton. More than 50 volunteers were recognized for their hours of service to the hospital.

The following volunteers received recognition for giving more than 1,000 hours:

1,000 Hours
Barb McClurg

1,100 Hours
Anne Marie Duval
Nancy Thornton

1,200 Hours
Ernie Porzelius

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Phil Kingsley: Communicating with "the blink of an eye"

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 29, 2015 - 6:16am

The current issue of "The Visioneer," a publication of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, is now on The Icon. The lead article follows. To view the entire issue open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Phil Kingsley, author of the following reflection, communicates using smart technology. “My speech generation computer enables me to (communicate) with blinks of my left eye,” he states.

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Happy Arbor Day, Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 25, 2015 - 9:57pm

Bluffton Tree Commission planted four native trees as part of the renovation of Bluffton's original cemetery. The trees were red maple, hackberry, shagbark hickory, and pin oak.

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Gregg Luginbuhl recipient of two significant awards at The Ohio Craft Museum

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 23, 2015 - 10:07pm

Bluffton artist Gregg Luginbuhl will receive two significant awards at The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, on Sunday, May 3.

The first is a juror’s award in The Best of 2015, the annual exhibition of fine craft organized by Ohio Designer Craftsmen. He will receive the award for Excellence in Functional Ceramics for Rustic Decanter XXX and 6 Cups.  This is the most recent piece in his Rustic Decanter Series, which began about 12 years ago. 

This year’s juror, Beth Ann Gerstein, is Executive Director of The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pamona, California.

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Mt. Cory student at ONU wins graphic design award

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 16, 2015 - 6:47am

Ohio Northern University student Lauren Hector, a senior graphic design major from Mt. Cory, was chosen as one of the winners of the 2015 Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio (AICUO) Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts (EVA).

Hector, who was honored at a banquet April 8, will have her work featured in the Roy G. Biv Gallery as a part of the May Gallery Hop in Columbus’s Short North Arts District. Hector was chosen as one of six winners from among 27 nominated senior artists from independent colleges across Ohio.

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