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15 with Halle Steingass - on the joys of traveling and the beauty of life as we know it

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2015 - 6:19pm

Interview by Sophia Marcum

Halle Steingass graduated from Bluffton High School in 2012 and has spent the past five weeks studying abroad in England and Italy. We got the chance to talk with her when she returned home.

Where are you attending school now and what are you studying?
I am attending Goshen College in northern Indiana, studying social work and music.

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People
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Storytime comes to the Farmers' Market Saturday AM

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2015 - 6:04pm

Old Mac Donald's Farm comes to the Bluffton Farmers' Market on Saturday.

Bluffton Public Library's Storytime for children ages 3 to 5 will take place at the market from 9 to 9:40 a.m., according to Esther Birkey, youth services coordinator at the library. On Saturday all ages are welcome to listen.

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Bluffton Public Library
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No fireworks June 27

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2015 - 2:29pm

The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has postponed the Saturday, June 27, fireworks at Bluffton University. With a 60-80 percent chance of rain the forecast the chamber decided to reschedule the event for later this summer. A reschedule date is not yet set.

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Shirley's donates $4,620 to University of Findlay's free literacy program

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 24, 2015 - 5:58pm

The Clubhouse, The University of Findlay’s free literacy program for children in Hancock County and surrounding areas, received $4,620 from Bluffton-based Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co.

The funding will help pay for The Clubhouse’s tutors.

Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Company representatives presented a check to Clubhouse organizers on Monday during the closing celebration of the Summer 2015 3-2-1 Program, which provides free small group tutoring on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

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Bluffton Farmers' Market vendor Anita Willow has a pie for you

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 24, 2015 - 4:59pm

500 pies a year.

That’s only an estimate of the number of pies Anita Willow, Bluffton Farmers’ Market vendor, bakes in a year. 

This is the 10th season as a Bluffton Farmers’ Market vendor for Willow of Arlington. 

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

What pie flavors might customers find - as these are in season or on a typical Saturday – at the market?

Here’s a sample list:

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Business
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Pig barn - with up to 2,500 pigs - going up in Orange Township

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 24, 2015 - 3:25pm

Story and photo by Amy Eddings
From the Ada Icon
The stereotype of country living is that everyone knows everyone else’s business. That didn’t hold true for neighbors of a new pig barn being built in Hancock County, less than a quarter mile from Hardin County resident Liz Vogt.

“I walk their creek,” she said of the Daft family farm. “I saw that [crews] were digging. I thought I’d go up and see what they were doing. I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if they were building a new barn."

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