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Bluffton University speaker: Minimum wage hike helps everyone

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2014 - 6:38am

Opposition to an increase in the federal minimum wage “smacks of slavery,” Bluffton University’s Smucker Lecturer in social work said Feb. 25.

Arvis Averette, social work coordinator at the Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture, recalled the 1963 March on Washington, saying “the most controversial issue we had” was a call for a minimum wage of $2 per hour.

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Village will pay Sportmen's Club $13,174 in sewer backup damages

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 10:10pm

Bluffton council on Monday agreed to pay the Bluffton Sportsmen’s Club $13,174 for damages caused on Dec. 22 when sewage backed up and overflowed into the club’s depot on Spring Street.

Tom Augsburger, club president, asked council for financial help in the matter, after the village’s insurance carrier refused to pay for an insurance claim on the overflow. Augsburger said that the club did not carry sewer back up insurance at the time, “but we do now.”

The overflow, which Augsburger said, was “class 3 water,” or raw sewage.

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Life's a buzz

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 5:58pm

Deb Wentz of The Curling Iron gives Bluffton University baseball player Ethan Wooolridge a buzz. Last week baseball players participated in their third annual buzz-a-thon to support cancer research.

 

 

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Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn team volunteers at New Orleans charter school

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 5:50pm

While attending the International Franchise Association (IFA) convention Feb. 21-25 in New Orleans, the management team from Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Co., joined more than 100 franchising executives from across the country to participate in the annual Franchising Gives Back day of service.

The team of Pete &and Kim Suter, Jennifer Althaus and Dan Stanowick volunteered alongside leading franchisors and suppliers to construct benches, picnic tables, and planters at Einstein Charter School, a leading K-8 school in the city’s Ninth Ward.

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Business
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Bluffton University opens national search for head football coach; Veidt going to Toledo

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 5:46pm

A national search is underway for the next head football coach at Bluffton University. Tyson Veidt, the head coach since 2008, has accepted the position of linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Toledo.

“Coach Veidt built a strong foundation for our football program and has made a difference in the lives of many of our student-athletes,” said Phill Talavinia, athletics director. “We wish him all the best on his move to a Division I program.”

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Levi Kistler named NWC honorable mention

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2014 - 3:38pm

Bluffton High School's Levi Kistler, junior, was named honorable mention all-Northwest Conference in boys' basketball. The Pirates ended 9-13 overall and 2-6 in the NWC.

Crestview's Damian Helm was named NWC player of the year. For the complete list of all-conference players open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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