People

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This is the second set of interviews with Bluffton third graders. Interviewed with teacher’s name listed: Ethan Beach (Beth Raeburn), Lauren Gray (Andy Armstrong), Nathan Kupferer (Ann Kingsley) and Ayden Cupples, (Janelle Bogart).

What book series are your reading at the moment – and tell me a little about it.

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Three sets of Bluffton families are starting this new year with a reason to be proud.  Ohio Northern University has named three hometown students to it's dean's list. The deans’ list includes students who attain a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 grading system.  

Those students are:

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Joshua Woodruff says he looks at life differently after completing a two-year mission project in Nicaragua with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

“I see people differently now,” he explains. “We are all children of the same God. Now I see the divine potential in people. I’ve learned what people can become.”

His two-year experience came after he accepted a mission call from his church. While a senior at Bluffton High School in 2009-10 he began filling out application forms through the church and before he graduated knew that he would be going to Nicaragua.

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The Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio has provided the Icon with the worship schedule for MMH.  Services are held on Sunday and Tuesday throughout the month.

Sunday, Jan. 6, 9:30 a.m. - Chaplain Bill Herr

Tuesday, Jan. 8, 6:30 p.m. - Carol Clements, St. John UCC

Sunday, Jan. 13, 9:30 a.m. - Chaplain Bill Herr

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m. - Communiuon: Rev. Kevin Mohr and Chaplain Bill Herr

Sunday, Jan. 20, 9:30 a.m. - Wally Geiger

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Persons interested in volunteering at the Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, are invited to contact Mary Ring, volunteer coordinator.

Volunteers are needed on Sunday mornings to wheel residents to the Sunday worship service in the MMH chapel.

Volunteers are scheduled once a quarter, leaving ample time for volunteers to retain their own chuch and Sunday routines. Volunteers are trained on their first Sunday. Persons interested may contact Ring at 419-358-1015, extension 248.

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Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton invites persons in the community to donate large print books to its library.

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