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First Mennonite: Morning services feature seminary pastor; former member of Christian Peacemaker Teams speaks in evening

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on January 5, 2016 - 2:54pm

Janeen Bertsche Johnson, Campus Pastor of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., will preach during the 10:30 a.m. worship service Sunday, Jan. 10 at First Mennonite Church, 301 N. Jackson St., Bluffton. Her sermon title is “Seeing Ourselves in the Other.”

During the 9:15 a.m. Sunday school hour, Bertsche Johnson will reflect on a learning tour of Israel/Palestine in which she participated in November 2015. She was one of six pastors from the Central District Conference of the Mennonite Church USA who attended the tour led by the Mennonite Central Committee.

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Columbus Crew camp Feb. 15 at Bluffton Family Recreation

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 4:43pm

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a Columbus Crew SC winter camp for youth ages 6 to 18 on Monday, Feb. 15. The camp takes place at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Joseph Beagle, BFR director, said, “Crew SC winter camps series focus on player development through a core foundation of soccer skills in a challenging and fun learning environment. Each camper is sure to walk away with a positive experience and high quality training from the only professional soccer club in the region.”

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Keeping Active and Get Fit for Life programs start soon at BFR

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 4:12pm

Bluffton Family Recreation launches the new year with two programs for persons interested in keeping fit, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.
 
Keeping Active
BFR and St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, team up to coordinate Keeping Active, a program that runs from Jan. 18 to Feb. 26.
 
This program offers free fitness, physical activities, nutrition and general wellness events.
 
Beagle said that the program is for adults and youth.
 
Get Fit for Life

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Nettie Ferrall retired from nursing at age 72

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 3:50pm

Nettie Mae Ferrall, 93, died Jan. 2, 2016 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, where she had been a resident.  Nettie was born March 15, 1922, in Pandora to the late Homer and Ella (Badertscher) Basinger.
 
She graduated from Pandora High School and was a graduate of The Ohio State University with a nursing degree in 1946.  On Aug. 28, 1949 she married Rex W. Ferrall who preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 2010, after 61 years of marriage. 
 

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Obituaries
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Council has one vacancy to fill on Jan. 4

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 3:22pm

Bluffton council reorganizes for 2016 on Jan. 4. Among agenda items is the discussion of how to proceed with one vacant council seats. One of those seats is Judy Augsburger's seat currently held by David Steiner.

Council's agenda follows:

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Public Meetings
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Attention students: There will be a pep rally at the close of school today

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 3:12pm

Some things never change. Only the location.

Here's a Bluffton High School pep rally during the 1955-56 school year. The only difference between this photo and a pep rally today is that today's rallies are in the new gym. 

But, like 1955-56, today friends and classmates sit together. (Maybe boys' sock styles have change over the year.)

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Historical Bluffton
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