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The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library has announced its meeting schedule for 2012. Meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Riley Board Room at 145 South Main St., Bluffton. No meetings will take place in July or December.

Board members are Elizabeth Hostetler, president; Bob Beer, vice president; Carrie Phillips, secretary; Emily Goldsberry, Amy Lehman-Mikesell, Robert Scott and Nancy Yeager.

Board meetings are open to the public.

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Rita Gorman

Rita Elizabeth Finn Gorman, 98, of Lima, died at 4:50 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at St. Francis Home in Tiffin, where she had lived for the last several years.

She was born July 11, 1913, in Lima to Patrick and Molly Finn. On Oct. 12, 1933, she married Thomas J. Gorman and he preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1978.

Mrs. Gorman was a member of the St. Rose Parish, Lima, and was a member of the altar Rosary Society.

She retired from St. Rita's Medical Center in 1978 where she had worked in housekeeping for 17 years.

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By Jordan Marbaugh, sports information assistant

Stats: http://staging.bluffton.edu/sports/womensbasketball/2012/01-25-wb.htm

The Bluffton University women defeated Earlham College 69-61 on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The Beavers improved to 7-11 and 5-6 in HCAC with their school-record fifth straight Heartland Conference win. Earlham slipped to 3-15 overall and 1-10 in the HCAC.

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By Evan Skilliter, sports information assistant

Stats: http://www.bluffton.edu/sports/mensbasketball/2012/01-25-mb.htm

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Rita Gorman, 98, former resident of Bluffton and mother of Father Thomas Gorman, former chaplain at St. Mary Catholic Church, died Wednesday, Jan. 25.

Her funeral will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, at St. Rose Catholic Church in Lima.

Arrangements are incomplete at Harter & Schier Funeral Home, Delphos.

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AARP Tax-Aide help will be available at the Bluffton Senior Center starting at 9 a.m., Thursday Feb. 2, according to Toyna Meyer, director.

AARP volunteers specialize in helping taxpayers with low and moderate-income, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

Appointment is required and may be made by calling 419-358-8971 or stop by the Bluffton Senior Center.

Please bring the following with you when you come for your appointment:

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