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Volunteer drivers needed for MMH Mobile Meals

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2013 - 5:42pm

There is an immediate need for volunteers to serve the Bluffton community. The Mennonite Memorial Home provides Mobile Meals to Bluffton residents and the meals are delivered by volunteers. 

"We recently had several volunteers resign and are in need of new drivers. A drivers are needed for the second Tuesday of each month, the third Tuesday of each month and for a fill-in driver when ever needed," said Mary Ann Ring, MMH volunteer coordinator.  

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People
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March 23-24 Findlay stamp show honor centennial of Findlay flood of 1913

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2013 - 5:28pm

 

The Fort Findlay Stamp and Postcard Club marks its 60th year with its
annual show, Finpex 2013. The theme of this year’s show is the Centennial
of the Findlay Flood of 1913.

This year’s show dates are Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24.  Show
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.  A special show
postmark and cover commemorating the Centennial of the Findlay Flood will be
available for sale on each day of the show. 

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Events
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Irene Miller was a Beaverdam High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2013 - 5:14pm

Irene O. Miller, 97, died at 5:10 p.m. March 17, 2013, at Richland Manor, Bluffton. She was born May 5, 1915, in Beaverdam to the late Earl and Sylvia (Beemer) Bowers. On Sept. 28, 1935, she married Harold D. Miller and he died Sept. 19, 1991.

Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and also retired from Elder-Beerman, Lima. She was a member of the Cairo United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Beaverdam High School.

Survivors include two sons Terry Miller of Lima, Gary (Donna) Miller of Bluffton; five grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and eight great great grandchildren.

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Obituaries
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Made in Bluffton - now on display in Kidron

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2013 - 10:35pm

Walk into Lehman's Hardware in Kidron and you'll feel you are still in Bluffton. Ken McKinley took this photo in the eastern Ohio tourist spot. It shows the inside lid of a "Woman's Friend" washing machine. The machine, made in Bluffton at the turn of an earlier century, was a product of a once thriving Bluffton Manufacturing Company.

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Bethel College, Kansas, choir in concert Monday evening

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2013 - 10:18pm

The Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, choir will perform in concert at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, on Monday, March 18, according to Steve Yoder, pastor.

The concert, in the church sanctuary, is at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Bill Eash, Bluffton College alumnus, directs the choir.

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Worship
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Action anticipated Monday by Bluffton school board to oppose HB 59

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2013 - 10:10pm

Bluffton school board will act on a resolution stating its opposition to Ohio House Bill 59 on Monday evening.

The resolution opposes the expansion of school voucher programs in Ohio, which the bill proposes to do.

The wording of the resolution follows:

WHEREAS Governor Kasich’s  biennial budget (HB 59) proposes two expansions to the Educational Choice Scholarship Program that significantly expand  the number of publicly-funded vouchers for students to attend private or parochial schools; and

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