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Mennonite Home volunteers helping in a special way with Haiti relief efforts

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 3:39pm
Betty Engle, Kimberly Hansen, Mary Huffer with baby blankets

When Betty Picklesimer heard about the group from St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, that was going to go to Haiti in February, she wondered what she could do to help support such an effort.

The group needed volunteers to go and work on construction crews, to help with the medical needs, and to teach about healthy living and how to avoid getting cholera and other infections.

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Beavers 10-4 after Manchester victory

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 1:15pm

The Bluffton University men's basketball team hosted the Spartans of Manchester College on Wednesday, January 12. The Beavers held a slim 36-34 advantage at the break before outscoring the Spartans 47-38 in period two. Bluffton picked up another win, bumping its record to 10-4 overall and 3-4 in the Heartland Conference. The Spartans fell to 9-5 and 5-2 in the HCAC.

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Manchester tops Bluffton women by 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 1:14pm

The Bluffton University women's basketball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Manchester, 58-57, on Wednesday, January 12, in Stauffer-Wolfe Arena. Manchester improved to 7-7 overall and 5-2 in the HCAC. Bluffton dropped to 2-5 in the conference and 5-9 on the season.

The Beavers took a 10-2 lead following a Brittany Lewis (Springfield/Shawnee) jumper in the paint at the 14:46 mark. Less than two minutes later, back-to-back baskets by Lauren Hutton (New Riegel) gave the Beavers a 10-point advantage over the Spartans.

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Library host to several winter events

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 12:50pm

Say goodbye to the winter blues by participating in one or many fun events that Bluffton Public Library will host this season.

First, on Thursday, Feb. 10, from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Lois Benham of Scrapbooks in Lima, will present a handmade card workshop. Participants will make three handmade cards for friends or family this Valentine's Day. Samples of the cards are on display at the library. There is a $12 fee for supplies and individuals should bring a glue stick and scissors.

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Dalkes celebrate 68th wedding anniversary Jan. 22

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 12:46pm
Edna and Dan Dalke

Former Bluffton residents Rev. Dan and Edna Dalke will celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary on Jan. 22 with a family dinner. On May 20 Rev. Dalke will commemorate 60 years since his ordination to the Christian ministry. He is presently serving as chaplain of the Pleasant View Nursing Home and Retirement Center at Inman, Kansas.

Communication will reach them at 701 Center St., # 73 Inman, KS 67546. The Dalkes were first residents in the Bluffton Ebenezer Mennonite Church's new parsonage, while he served as the church's pastor for 18 years from 1961-1979.

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Civil rights activists illustrated further power of prayer at university forum

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2011 - 9:14am

The most "potent tool" in the American civil rights movement's arsenal wasn't demonstrations or boycotts, or even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or other charismatic leaders, but rather another source of power during those turbulent times, a Bluffton University audience heard Jan. 11.

In an unprecedented move, a grass-roots movement within the movement took the risk of using prayer to create crisis that caught political leaders' attention and ultimately brought change, said Dr. Tobin Miller Shearer, a University of Montana historian speaking at a Bluffton Forum.

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