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The Easter Bunny is coming to Bluffton.

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) and Jerry Lewis’ McDonald’s will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. sharp, Saturday, March 28, at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton. 

The Easter egg hunt will take place come rain or shine. There will be no rain date.

Children ages 8 and under are invited to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets and have their parents take their pictures with the Easter Bunny. 

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Rose M. Grzybowski, 77 , died March 9, 2015, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Want to have a little fun this week?

Today through St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 315 Walnut will hide a pot of gold on its website. 

When you find the pot of gold, email the name of the piece of jewelry where it is located to [email protected] and you will receive a coupon code for $5 off your next jewelry order. It's that easy!

The Pot of Gold will move to a new piece of jewelry each day – even on the weekend. You can win a new coupon each day.

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Elizabeth Ann McDowell, 68, died March 7, 2015, at 11:35 pm at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  She  was born Oct. 19, 1946, in Cincinnati to the late Troy and Evelyn (Schoenberger) Phillips.

She had been a secretary in the Bluffton University Athletic Office and later was a chaplain at Sunny Side Village, Sarasota, Fla. She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton. She volunteered at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. 

She was a graduate of Princeton High School, Glendale, Ohio and Capital University, Bexley, Ohio.

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Bluffton's Levi Kistler, a senior, was named to the second team all-Northwest Conference in boys' basketball. Two Pirate teammates were named honorable mention.

Columbus Grove senior Jace Darbyshire was chosen as the 2014-15 NWC Player of The Year by Northwest Conference boys’ basketball coaches at the annual selection meeting in late February. Darbyshire received 113 total points to edge out Connor Lautzenheiser (CV) and Trey Smith (DJ) in the coaches’ voting.

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Here’s an unusual animal story with some photos from Don and Joyce Hostetler of rural Bluffton. The Hostetlers are visited by wild turkeys each spring.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

According to Joyce: The turkeys were back along the Riley near our house earlier this week. They only stayed two days this year, roosting in trees at night. Last year they visited us for several weeks.

There were nine turkeys this year. It was interesting to see young deer interact with them.

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