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The Thursday, May 25, Bluffton High School's student-planned baccalaureate service has moved indoors due to potential rain.

The service, open to the public at 6:30 p.m., has moved to St. Mary's Catholic Church.

The service includes several student speakers and a student praise and worship team.

 

Well, one James Bond, that is

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(Hum the James Bond Theme while reading this)

Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum

da da tee da da da daa
da da ta da daaaaaa

da da tee da  da da daaa
da de da dot ta da daaaaaaaa

Roger Moore was never my favorite James Bond. I mean, Sean Connery, come on. Nobody’s “Bond, James Bond,” like the Scot.

Never mind. When James Bond dies – even if it is Roger Moore - my thoughts go flashing back again to…Goldfinger.

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The BHS gym bleachers are installed and ready for commencement. The bleachers removed in March were nearly 30 years old and in need of repair. In the new arrangement the gyym has seats with backs in the middle section of the Jackson Street side. The scorers table and team seating will move to the Main Street side. A space will be between the scores table, team seats and the bleachers, enabling fans to walk without disrupting the game. The photo below shows the gym without bleachers.

Including a praire breakfast, dressing up as a pioneer and hearing from Laura

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Remember when you first read "Little House on the Prairie"?

Reading and living the story is an annual rite for Bluffton third  graders. Here's Beth Raeburn's class on May 12, as the teacher explains:

"The entire third grade reads 'Little House on the Prairie,' by Laura Ingalls Wilder, each spring as a novel in our reading classes. 

Saturdays and Sundays, May 27-28 and June 3-4; first housing development since Riverbend

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Two weekend open houses by Bayhomes of Bluffton are planned in the Parkview Development, according to Keith McClintock of McClintock Builders.

The open houses are from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28 and June 3-4, according to McClintock.

The houses open to the public have the following features:

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Marilyn Ruth Inniger, 89, of Jenera, Ohio, died Monday, May 22, 2017, at Vancrest in Ada.

She was born on Feb. 29,1928, in Findlay, Ohio, to the late Clarence and Pearl (Rettig) Rausch-Nessler. She married Richard Paul Inniger on Feb. 19, 1950, and he died on Nov. 13, 2001. 

Marilyn is survived by her sons: James (Priscilla) Inniger of Rogersville, Mo,, Jonathan (Jane) Inniger of Bluffton, Ohio, and Robert (Julia) Inniger of Bluffton, Ohio; daughter: Ruth (Steve) Towne of Bay City, Michigan; son-in-law: Bob (Fran) Fry of Huntley, Illinois.

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