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MEDIA RELEASE__A special midweek Lent service is planned at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran for Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m. 

Guest pastor Kurtis Freimuth of Peace Lutheran Church in Deshler's sermon is based on Zechariah 1:1-6, with the theme "Return to Me!" Hymns are "Today Your Mercy Calls Us, Before You, God, the Judge of All and God Who Made the Earth and Heaven." 

The ladies of Women's Ministry will serve a free soup and bread supper beginning at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend the services and the supper.

Join Joy from Corson Communications each month, February-April, for Family Storytime in ASL. Learn and experience American Sign Language through stories, games and interactive play. All are welcome and no registration is required. Dates are: Mondays, March 2 and April 6, at 6:00 p.m.

NEW PROGRAM DATE: March 26 at 6 pm

MEDIA RELEASE__World Goods Et Cetera—formerly Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit retail store in Bluffton—has invited Carole Elchert, an artist who has traveled to Nepal for decades, to exhibit her photos in the store during the month of March. 

The public is also invited to meet Carole and discuss her travel experiences and photographic work on March 26 at 6 p.m. at the 115 South Main Street shop.

There is no charge for this presentation.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Photo ID accomplished. Thank you!

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonIcon.com and www.BlufftonForever.com founder

This historic Bluffton family photo needs its subjects identified.

MEDIA RELEASE__Writer and author Melissa Herrera will present the English Festival Forum, “Uncensored: Writing Beyond the Conservative Bubble I Lived In,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Herrera will discuss writing about immigration, racism and daily life for a newspaper in a conservative community, while also reflecting on her book chronicling her husband’s experience as an undocumented immigrant.

The following results are from February 20-26 of the Bluffton University 2025-26 athletics season as reported on www.BlufftonBeavers.com:

FEBRUARY 20

FEBRUARY 21

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