November 2012

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Sixth Grade – All A
Andreas, Isaac
Andreas, Seth
Donaldson, Rhett
Montel, Jesse
Prater, Kaitlyn
Rhodes, Logan
Shadle, Lily
Strahan, Isaac
Yost, Hannah
Young, Luke

Seventh Grade – All A
Bassett, Madison
Bricker, Dakota
Geiger, Tabitha
Gillen, Sarah
Groman, Christian
Habegger, Garrett
Harnish, Christopher
Hoff, Sydney
Kindle, Kayla
Leugers, Kelli
Reneker, Kaden
Ritter, Aimee

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Bluffton University’s production of “The Real Inspector Hound” opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in Ramseyer Auditorium in College Hall.

Here, Inspector Hound (Spencer Genson, pointing finger) warns the residents of Muldoon Manor that a murderer is in their midst. Listening are (background from left) Jill Bornhorst, as Felicity; Shannon Thiebeau (Mrs. Drudge); Tanner Kurilec (Simon); Amanda Bartel (Cynthia); and Jared Hudson (Magnus).

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Stratton Auto Sales, N. Main St., Bluffton, has a pre-winter care care special.

For only $109 customers receive:

• Oil and filter change
• 4-tire rotation and inspection
• anti-freeze drain and refill
• Balance 4 tires
• Battery/charging system check
• Heating system check

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ArtSpace/Lima announces the second in its fall series of Soup and Salad Lectures, Industry in Art, in connection with the Industrial Ohio exhibit now in the Ellen Nelson Gallery.

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Here's a scary thought: Will the number of snowfalls in one winter equal the date that the first snowfall fell in the season?

If so, we are in for 28 snowfalls during the winter of 2012-13. (On Oct. 28 was recorded 1.1 inches of snow.) Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, didn't confirm that fact, but did provide a summary of the October weather. Here goes:

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Isabel Castillo, co-founder of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance and founder of DREAM Activist Virginia, will be at Bluffton University Tuesday, Nov. 13, to share her experiences as an undocumented youth and community activist.
Free and open to the public, Castillo’s presentation, “Undocumented and Unafraid: Personal Lessons from Community Organizing,” will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall.

Castillo, who has lived in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley for 21 years, advocates for immigrant rights and young students across Virginia and the nation.

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Katie Wineland, a Bluffton University senior from Gibsonburg, placed second recently in this year’s binational C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest.

Her runner-up effort earned the biblical studies major a $225 cash prize and a scholarship to attend a peace-related conference or seminar.

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Genevieve Marie Leightner, 97, of Pandora died at 8:15 am Nov. 1, 2012, at Bluffton Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1915, in Toledo to Edward Guy and Maude Murbach Dilgart. On Sept. 16, 1939, she married Clinton Edward Leightner and he preceded her in death on Sept. 9, 2004.

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New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, and 927 E. Columbus St., Kenton, is the Icon's newest advertiser.

New Leaf will hold a Christmas open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10. The event will include specials and all customers may sign up to win a $100 gift certificate.

The decorated store will offer:

• Unique decorations - country and traditional
• Artificial trees, wreaths and greenery
• Chocolate peanut cluster and other candy
• Grape vine trees, wreaths and more

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