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Does Brenda drive this vehicle?

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 13, 2011 - 5:09pm

We are going through our mental list of "Brendas" on this license plate. Or is there something we don't know?

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Hospital holds two-day bake sale; week-long gift shop sale

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 12, 2011 - 5:17am

Bluffton Hospital will host a two-day bake sale and an all week gift shop sale next week.

The bake sale is in the hospital conference room Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 16-17 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The hospital gift shop will hold a "big blow-out sale," featuring Black Friday prices. The sale runs Monday, Nov. 14, through Friday, Nov. 18, hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The sale includes OSU items, Christmas items, jewelry, money soap and Woodwick items all 20 percent off.

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Jerry Lewis' McDonald's will feed 2,500 on Thanksgiving in downtown Lima

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 10, 2011 - 2:57pm

This year marks the 7th year for the Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner, which was started in 1989 by the Chester Carey Family.

The Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 24 from 11a.m. to 2p.m. at the Lima Veteran's Memorial Civic and Convention Center.

Lewis says, "Each year the dinner continues to grow, a great deal of which is due to the economy. We know that now, more than ever, it is important to have a place for people to eat and fellowship on a special day like Thanksgiving."

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Weather: not bad for November, we'll take it

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2011 - 8:39am

Not bad for November. We'll take it and more. Here are the high and low temperatures for the first week of November from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Prec

Nov. 1 62 34 trace
Nov. 2 65 46
Nov. 3 58 46 0.01
Nov. 4 53 31
Nov. 5 57 28
Nov. 6 62 34
Nov. 7. 60 51 0.01

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Richard and Corrinne Boehr celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 9, 2011 - 5:50am
Richard and Corrinne boehr

Richard J. and Corrinne (Kamp) Boehr celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 28, 2011.

They were married at Calvary Mennonite Church in Washington, Ill., on that date in 1951. They both had attended Bluffton College and have remained Bluffton residents over the years.

Richard has served the Bluffton community as a real estate broker for the past 54 years and volunteers in the community, Lions Club International, church and the Allen County historical museum.

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Bluffton-Richland voters say No to State Issue 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 8, 2011 - 6:36pm

Bluffton and Richland Township voters followed the state trend and rejected State Issue 2 on Nov. 8.

The local count was 1,158 to reject and to 806 to approve the issue. The issue was, in fact, rejected in each of the local precincts. A link at the bottom of this story takes viewers to the unofficial Allen County results.

Vote by precinct on State Issue 2 follows:

YES NO (reject)

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