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Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs recently held its 2013 reorganization meeting and elected officers for 2013-14.

Board officers elected are Brendon Matthews, president; Dick McGarrity, vice president; Ryan Lowry, secretary and Dave Steiner, treasurer.

Board members whose terms were renewed are Laura Voth, Dick McGarrity, Dave Steiner and George Lehman.

Two new board members joined the board. They are Katie Keifer and Dennis Gallant.

Other board members are Mitch Kingsley, Steve Ritter, Hans Houshower, Jeff Sprague and Cameron Warner.

Carol A. Bogart , 77 died Sept. 22, 2013 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.  She was born Oct. 25, 1935, in Delphos to the late Cloyd and Naomi (Krugh) Best. On July 25, 1955 she married Gene Bogart and he died Oct. 1, 2000.

She retired from the business office at Bluffton Hospital. She was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton. She was a 1953 graduate of Delphos St. John’s.

Here are births reported from Bluffton Hospital from Aug. 7 to Sept. 16:

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The winner of Week 4 of The Icon Football Contest is Adelyn Althaus. Adelyn and David Glick both correctly picked 14 games this week. They both predicted the same tie-breakers as well. Adelyn was declared the winner because her picks were entered first.  

Other contestants:

13 correct - Chris Boisvert, Mark Delisle, Tater Hooker and Todd Fleharty.

12 correct - Brandon Huber, Duane Bollenbacher, Jared Lehman, Mary Glick and Nathan Davis.

Bluffton University will host an exhibition of ceramic sculpture by award-winning 1956 graduate Jack Earl, beginning Sept. 30 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of the Sauder Visual Arts Center.

The exhibit is free and open to the public through Oct. 27; gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception will be held for Earl from 9:30-11 a.m. on Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 12—the day after the artist receives this year’s Professional Achievement Award at Bluffton’s Alumni Awards banquet.

Tickets are available for the next performance in the 2013-14 Bluffton University Artist Series, by pianist Hyperion Knight at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in Yoder Recital Hall.

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