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Brendon L. Matthews, Senior Vice President and Sales Director of First National Bank, recently graduated from the Paul W. Barret, Jr. Graduate School of Banking.

Matthews was an honors graduate at the recent ceremony.

Fifty-four students completed the three year curriculum and graduated in the 2013 class. 

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Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1963 held their 50th class reunion last weekend.

Here are members attending, Row 1 sitting in chairs left to right:  Judy Chidester Kingery,  RaeAnn Johnson Boeger,  Deanna Beach Essinger,  Coletta Lora Wiebe,  Pauline Kinsinger Watts,  Linda Baber Zwinski.

Row 2:  Norman Reichenbach,  Betty Thomas Basinger,  Cheryl Martin,  Diana Hilty Marshall,  Laura Yoder Gliga,  Elaine Baker,  Dorothy Hartman,  Nancy Luginbuhl Frick,  Brenda Moser.

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Richland Manor's staff, residents and family members participated in the Lima 5K Color Blaze race earlier this month.

The event, held at the Allen County Fairgrounds, had over 2,000 participants.

Color Blaze isn't about winning or having the fastest time. It's about having fun while running or walking at your own pace as other participants and spectators toss various colored powders at participating teams.

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On Friday, June 13, Hilty Home, Pandora, hosted its annual family picnic. The picnic was served in a large tent in front of Hilty Home’s main building. 

The meal was a combination of food provided by Hilty Home and resident family members in attendance. 

Following the meal, the evening was brought to a close with entertainment from the Al Best Band, a local favorite and frequent guest of the MHCO communities.

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By Sydney Hoff, reporter

At our meeting in April we elected club officers for 2013. Here are the following offices for The Beaverdam Bunch:

President- Julie Althaus
Vice President- Sierra Amstutz
Secretary- Landon Cluts
Treasurer- Brayton Businger
News Reporter- Sydney Hoff
Health Leader- Dylan Stevens
Safety Leader- Deven Pate
Recreation Leaders- Kaitlyn Clymer and Caitlyn Zimmerman

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Bluffton resident, Brian Myers, Ohio Northern University associate professor of chemistry, has co-written an article, “Profiles in Chemistry: A Historical Perspective on the National Organic Symposium,” which will be featured in the June issue of The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

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