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What a sound!

Here's the Bluffton High School alumni jazz band in a 2004 performance with Dave Sycks directing.

• Saxes from left, Jesse Henry '96, David Stratton '01, Peter Bixel '98, Andy Eddinger '00, Ben Hohenbrink '98

• Trombones from left, Brian Barry '96, Jacob Boehr '01, Amanda (Doty) Morrison '02

• Trumpets from left, Travis Unterbrink '96, Ben Harmon '01, Katie (Fultz) Ochoa '96

Icon book review: Talking to Strangers

A look at miscommunication

Review by Robert McCool
“Talking to Strangers” is a look at miscommunication.

Malcom Gladwell's 2019 nonfiction book is a look at how communication fails when there are no common expectations between strangers in the language they use.

“Talking to Strangers” (Hachette Book Group, ISBN978-0-316-47852-6) presents cases where spoken language is subverted by non-verbal cues that can be misconstrued by the observer to mean something other than what they are meant to be.

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Half-century of planting Christmas trees

You might call Santa Ron Bowerman the Johnny Appleseed of Christmas trees. He and his wife, Jane, live at 625 E. College Ave. and they've planted live Christmas trees in their home yards for 50 years. Now the trees grow on lawns of their children and grandchildren. Ron said that the tree planted in this photo is his third in Bluffton. (Dennis Morrison photo)

You know someone on this honor roll

Bluffton middle school students for second quarter

Here's the Bluffton Middle School Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2020-21 school year.
• Click here for the elementary honor roll 
• Click here for the high school honor roll

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Forgotten Bluffton: The oil boom of the 1890s

500 oil wells were pumping oil around Bluffton during this era

You’ve heard the term “oil boom” as it relates to the history of Bluffton. What exactly does the term mean and what is its significance? (The oil boom here meant both oil wells and natural gas wells.)

Note: Check one of the photos at the bottom of this story. It shows one of seven wells shot on the Rev. Chris Badertscher farm on Bentley Road in 1898. At that time, oil sold for 80 cents a barrel. Rev. Badertscher was offered $20,000 for the oil rights but refused to sell. The well was pumped for 15 years.

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Losing weight: How much and how fast?

Everything you need to know about losing weight and keeping it off

This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

When trying to lose weight, how much should you lose and how fast should you do it?

It's natural to want to lose weight fast, but evidence shows that losing weight slowly (about one to two pounds per week) is the trick to keeping the weight off. How much weight you should lose in total is going to depend on your unique situation. That's why it's important to speak with your health care provider before starting a weight-loss plan.

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