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So, you think you know Bluffton. Okay, name the Main Street business that offers the product in the photo. For extra credit name the product. One hint: It's not found in the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. Click here for the answer.

You'll find this product somewhere on Main Street, Bluffton. But, can you name the business that offers it for sale? And, can you identify the item?

Here's the answer: It's the lid to a basket in Ten Thousand Villages. Examine the photo below for proof.

Robert E. "Bob" Bassitt Sr., 88, died April 7, 2015, at 8:21 p.m., Lima Memorial Health System.

He was born Oct. 27, 1926 in Beaverdam, to Carl and Mildred (James) Bassitt who preceded him in death.

He married Laura Fay Johnson on Sept. 1, 1947, at the Labor Day Rodeo on horseback in Ada, Ohio.

Bluffton University will host its annual Academic Awards Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Students to be honored include graduating seniors in the Honors Program, C. Henry Smith Scholars and Pi Delta inductees, as well as departmental award recipients, who are recognized as distinguished senior scholars. In addition, senior Brent Cody Cook from Clayton, Kansas, will present his departmental honors project.

Four Bluffton University musical ensembles will come together Friday, April 17, to present the annual Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Providing instrumental music will be the university’s Jazz Ensemble—directed by Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music—and the Concert Band, conducted by Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music.

Bluffton University will present “Iraqi Refugee Artists,” an exhibit of more than three dozen paintings, in the hallway of the university’s Sauder Visual Art Center from April 15-May 3. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

The exhibit features the work of 12 Iraqi artists who were trained in Baghdad and had active professional careers until the Iraq War forced them to flee.

An exhibit opening will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. April 15. It will include comments at 7 p.m. by Mel Lehman, director of Common Humanity, the organization bringing the exhibit to Bluffton.

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