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Area veterans attended Four Chaplain Sunday on Feb. 2  at St. John's United Church of Christ. 

Those attending were, front from left, Larry Kempf, George McCune, Dale Huber, Basil Myer and Robert Town. 

Second row from left, Dennis Morrison, John Harris and Fred Rodabaugh.

Third row from left, John Nye, Tom Benroth and Don Dorman, Ottawa Am Vet commander.

Top row from left, Mike Burkholder, John Huffman and Francisco Alasa, Ottawa VFW commander. 

 

 

 

Plans to major in computer science at ONU or Ohio State

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Xavier Dunifon, a Bluffton High School senior, is the January BHS student of the month.

He is a member of Spanish Club, likes photography and is creating the senior video for graduation.  He had received the "Photography Student of the Year" award at the recent academic banquet.

He is a member of the BHS track team. In 2019 he was a championship finalist in the 300m hurdles at the state track meet.

This year’s winner will be feted at a banquet on April 21  

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The Bluffton Lions Club seeks nominees for the 2019 Citizen of the Year Award.  

The award was established in 1981 to honor a person, couple, or person representing a group, who has selflessly given time, effort, and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area, and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people in this area.  

The nominee may be living or deceased within the last year. This year’s winner will be feted at a banquet on April 21, 2020.  

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The Bluffton Writers Group will now meet at 5:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at Maple Crest, Augsburger Road, Bluffton. Victoria Woods-Yee is the leader and contact person of the group. Contact Victoria at [email protected] for more information. New members are welcome.

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The Ohio State University at Lima announces its autumn semester 2019 dean's list.

The following area full-time students maintained a 3.5 grade point average while taking at least 12.0 credit hours during Autumn Semester 2019.

Bluffton
Cora Baumgartner
Bailey Powell
Stephanie Steiner

Columbus Grove
Alton Burkholder

Harrod
Abigail Leuthold
Ethan Rex

Pandora
Allison Wise
Nicholas Norton

Jenera
Holly Weidman

Bluffton 4th and 5th graders

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Bluffton elementary released its fourth and fifth grade honor roll for the second quarter of the school year.

• Click here for BHS honor roll previously posted
• Click here for middle school honor roll previously posted

The elementary honor roll is posted below, and it is posted as an attachment below:

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