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CRHS student launches business

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 7, 2009 - 4:26pm
Ashley Siferd

OLD HOMESTEAD SOAPS AND LOTION

By Angela Green, BGSU intern

While Ashley Siferd, a junior at Cory-Rawson High School, has recently started up her own business, called Old Homestead Soaps and Lotions, selling goat milk soap and lotion she has been around goats her entire life.

"My family has had goats since my brother was four," she said. "I was born into the goats. We had a farm tour for Hancock County and we had to have activities for it and that's when we started making stuff."

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15 minutes with Paula Pyzik Scott

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 7, 2009 - 8:29am
Paula Scott

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

I know you're from Livonia, MI. That's a much different city than Bluffton, isn't it? Tell me about your childhood, growing up "up north", etc. What kind of kid were you?

"Up north," that's Traverse City or Marquette, to me! Livonia is the suburbs, but I had a passion for horses and was lucky to ride English for six years through the Girl Scouts.

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Breanne Hamilton: student of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2009 - 4:52pm
Breanne Hamilton student of the month

Breanna Hamilton, 18, and a senior at Bluffton High School, is the BHS November student of the month.

She carries a 4.0 grade point average, is active in Math Club, the Math Team, Art Club, Latin Club, SADD and is on the Renaissance Committee. As a junior she was class president.

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Beth Boehr-Miller receives CFC designation

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 3, 2009 - 1:13pm
Beth Boehr-Miller

Beth Boehr-Miller of Bluffton, recently earned the designation of Certified Financial Counselor from internationally-known financial expert and author, Dave Ramsey of the Lampo Group, Inc. after completing an intensive training program at the Dave Ramsey Headquarters in Brentwood, Tennessee.

The Dave Ramsey Certified Financial Counselor training program involves training professionals from around the nation to teach and care for Financial Peace University members and The Dave Ramsey Show listeners; as well as those looking for information on their personal finances.

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University volleyball team plays Santa's helper at MMH

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 2, 2009 - 1:30pm
Members of the Bluffton University volleyball team

Mennonite Memorial Home had some great volunteers from the Bluffton Universityvolleyball team on Nov. 30, according to Mary Ann Ring.

"For the third year in a row, Coach Steve Yarnell's team has given an evening to decorating several areas of MMH. The team assembled, strung lights and decorated four trees," said Ring

"They also decorated several dining rooms and hung yards and yards of garland. Their help is invaluable in getting MMH in the holiday spirit," according to Ring.

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Lak may be Greek to some, but not to John Sylak

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 1, 2009 - 2:32pm

BHS GRAD FINDS HIS HOME IN LINGUISTICS AT BERKELEY

By Angela Green, BGSU intern

John Sylak, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of only a few people interested in Lak, which is a language spoken by over 150,000 people living over 6,000 miles away.

A 2003 Bluffton High School graduate, Sylak graduated from The University of Chicago with a degree in linguistics and is currently working toward a master's and eventually a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley.

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