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Helen L. Hover, 86, formerly of Lima, died at 2:45 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home, Spencerville, following a brief illness.

She was born Jan. 8, 1926, in Bluffton, a daughter of Charles Calvin and Lillie Carma Walters Burkholder. On June 24, 1942, she married Waldo Richard “Shorty” Hover, who died Aug. 1, 1999.

Surviving are four children: Larry L. (Diana) Hover of Pasadena, Texas; Gregory A. (Cheryl) Hover of Spencerville; Marlene K. (John) Prenzlin of Fostoria; and Carol D. (Philip) Endicott of Lima.

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There's still time to enter the 2012 Bluffton Blaze of Lights parade. This year's parade is Saturday, Nov. 24. According to Junior Weihrauch, parade director, 70 units are already registered.

He said that this year's parade could reach 100 units. If so, it would be the largest-ever Blaze parade and would involve about 45 minutes worth of parade watching to see it all.

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Maple Crest did it again. It enticed the area's best pie bakers to show off their pie-baking skills during the Nov. 9 pie baking contest. Here's the results. (Watch for a video.)

Best of show
Coconut cream – Alice Leonard

Fruit pies
1st – Apple crisp – Becky Luginbill
2nd – Strawberry rhubarb – Teresa Schaub
3rd – Dutch Apple – Vickie Frysinger

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Imagine a conversation between a spider and a fly. That's the talk between this spider (Emma Burkholder, BHS sophomore) and this fly (Nicole Warren, BHS freshman). The two are part of this month's BHS  drama presentation "Born to be Wild." Click here for details of the drama. And, for a brief video of the spider and fly, click here.

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Several activities take place this month at Richland Manor.  Here are some of those events:

• Nov 15 - Family night / family pictures with Santa, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
• Nov 17 - Lima craft fair at fairgrounds, 9 p.m.
• Nov 18 - Sunday brunch, 11 - 12:30 p.m.
• Nov 19 - Bowling at Westgate, 10 a.m.
• Nov 21 - Birthday party with Alan Siebert, 2:45 p.m.
• Nov 22 - Thanksgiving celebration, 12 p.m.
• Nov 24 - Bluffton Blaze of Lights parade 5 p.m.
• Nov 30 - Allen county museum christmas tree festival 10 a.m.

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The Allen County Public Health Department is reminding the community that Nov 12 is designated as World Pneumonia Day.

The bacteria that causes pneumococcal pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae, is responsible for approximately 1.6 million deaths world-wide.  It is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness and death in the United States. 

Anyone can get the disease, especially during flu season, but some individuals are at greater risk than others.  Those include:

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