April 2014

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Bluffton University will mark its annual May Day weekend May 1-4 with traditional alumni reunions, student activities and graduation events, as well as a “faculty showcase” in Musselman Library.

Featured at the latter event, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, will be:

· Dr. Martina Cucchiara, an assistant professor of history, sharing excerpts from a Jewish German woman’s World War II-era diary that Cucchiara found in a German archive while conducting research last summer with the aid of a Bluffton University Research Center grant;

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Southgate Lanes bowling alley will be recognized by the Bluffton Sportmen's Club during this year's Sunday, May 4, 70th annual trout derby at the Buckeye, according to Tom Augsburger of the club.

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Members of the 1970 Bluffton High School boys’ track team, row one from left, Larry Diller, Ned Niswander, Bob Chidester, Tim Boehr, Joe Basinger, Dave Brauen.

Row two: Coach Moyer, Dave Rodabaugh, Hans Houshower, Bill McKibben, Tom Osborne, Mike Hilty, Greg Amstutz, Jim West, Don Hamilton (coach).

Row three: Rich Bixel, Mark Laufer, Dean King, Ron Hauenstein, Steve Ream, Dean Reichenbach, James Pannabecker.

Top row: Doug Edinger, Bob Francis, Jack martz, Steve Shaw, Dean Bixel, Dean Edwards

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LUNCH SPECIALS, April 22-25

TUESDAY
Tomato bisque
French dip sandwich
Chicken ranch wrap
BLT salad

WEDNESDAY
Broccoli cheddar soup
Perch platter
Stacked ham
Greek salad with chicken

THURSDAY
Stuffed pepper soup
Mudd honey sandwich
Veggie wrap
Arugula salad with feta cheese

FRIDAY
Lemon rice soup
Tomato, basil, mozzarella panini
Crab cakes
Cobb salad

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Bluffton council will consider an aggressive street maintenance program this summer. The action is on Monday’s council agenda. Here are the streets under consideration. The list with cost estimates is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/baseball/2014/04-19-bb.htm

The Bluffton University baseball team ran out to a 10-2 lead midway through the sixth and held on for its fourth straight Heartland Conference series victory on Saturday, April 19, 2014. Bluffton improved to 16-14 overall and 9-9 in the HCAC, while Anderson dropped to 18-11 and 11-7 in the conference.

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By Josh Burkholder, sports information assistant

Game 1 stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/softball/2014/04-19-s1.htm    
Game 2 stats http://www.bluffton.edu/athletics/softball/2014/04-19-s2.htm

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May Day weekend is a Bluffton University tradition with events dating back a century, including a theatrical production that ultimately became the May Day musical.

Beginning with May Day 1915, early theater productions at Bluffton featured Shakespeare “on the green.” Musicals were introduced in the ‘50s, notes Dr. Melissa Friesen, professor of theatre and communication.

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The Bluffton-Beaverdam-Richland Township United Way board will meet at 6:30 p.m., April 23, in the Bluffton elementary library. On the agenda is the 2015 budget.

The agenda is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Floyd H. Hartman, 87, of Bluffton died April 19, 2014, at 5:25 a.m., at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  He was born Feb. 14, 1927, in Orange Township, Hancock County to the late Purl and Bertha Cook Hartman.  On August 29, 1946, he married Jeannine Stewart and she survives. 

He was a farmer and also a steamfitter/welder with the Steamfitters Local 693.  He also owned Hartman's Southern Truck Parts. He was a member of Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church and a graduate of Mt. Cory High School.

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