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Hancock County Firefighters award scholarship

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on June 30, 2015 - 8:50pm

The Hancock County Firefighters' Association is pleased to award the 2015 Potts/Parcher Memorial Scholarship to Brent Warren of Jenera. Warren will be a sophomore at Eastern Kentucky University in the Fire Protection - Fire Safety Engineering program. He is a 2014 graduate of Cory-Rawson High School where he was a member of the FFA and achieved his State Degree in 2014.  Brent is currently the Hancock County Junior Fair King and  is a member of the Jenera Volunteer Fire Department.

He is the son of Bob and Becky Warren of Jenera.

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Watch this wall

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2015 - 6:05pm

Hannah Truman (left) and Sarah Hartzler (right) scrape loose paint from the outside wall of the Groves Bear building on Main Street. Watch this wall, you'll see a new mural start to appear as the two scrapers soon become mural painters.

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Elementary summer academy staff and fall coaches offered contracts

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2015 - 5:55pm

A host of fall 2015 coaching positions were approved at the June 25 Bluffton school board meeting.

In addition, the board approved several classified substitute custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria works, secretaries and educational aides.

The board also approved elementary summer academy certified contracts. Those contracts, at $21.15 per hour, were awarded to Janelle Bogart, Christine McCafferty, Heidi Steiner, Ryan Dunlap, Barbara Maag, Linda Sycks, Christy Garmatter and Brandie Stackhouse. Summer academy is from Aug. 10 to Aug. 21.

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University Summer Discovery Grants helping expand student experience

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2015 - 5:43pm

Rebecca Lapp returned to Guatemala to volunteer at the same orphanage she had visited following a semester-abroad program last fall.

Courtney Seffernick, meanwhile, sampled social work-related opportunities at an inpatient hospice center and a nonprofit organization in northwest Ohio.

Near or far, though, both Bluffton University students explored the link between vocation and faith as the 2015 recipients of $1,500 Summer Discovery Grants from the university.  

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Four Deuces Car Club holds Hilty Home cruise-in July 30

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2015 - 5:00pm

Four Deuces Car Club
holds Hilty Home Cruise-in

Hilty Home, Pandora, will host a cruise-in from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 30, at the retirement home, 304 Hilty Drive, Pandora.

The event, sponsored by Four Deuces Car Club of Ottawa, is open to hot rods, customs and classic vehicles. Registration and admission is free.

A “Residents’ Choice” award will be presented. For more details call Jane at 419-523-5663.

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Wayne Shafer, Harold Agner participate in Honor Flight to D.C.

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2015 - 4:38pm

In early June Hilty Home residents Wayne Shafer and Harold Agner were able to take part in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., to tour the World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial and other memorials.

Don Burris, Director of Environmental Services at Hilty Home, served as a Guardian on the trip.

Lunch was served across the street from the World War II Memorial. After the tour ended, the group was welcomed at the Toledo Airport by family and friends and received letters of appreciation.

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