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Photo: Early 1950s version of Handel's Messiah

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2009 - 7:16am
Messiah directed by Russell Lantz

This photo shows an early 1950s-era production of Handel's Messiah in Founders Hall. Russell Lantz is the director. It is from the collection of Richard Boehr.

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Historical Bluffton
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School board taking steps to renewal income tax levy

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2009 - 6:50am

The Bluffton school board took initial steps on Dec. 14 to place before voters the renewal of its one-half percent income tax levy. The levy expires on Dec. 31, 2010, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent.

When the levy expires in 2010 it will mark the end of its first three years being in effect. The levy has generated approximately $600,000 annually. According to Denecker, it is the intention of the school board to have a three-year renewal of the levy on the November 2010 general election ballot.

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Regional news
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Village switches from fall to winter planning

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2009 - 6:29am

As the season changes, village employees switch their work from fall to winter.

At the Dec. 14 Bluffton council meeting Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, told council members that leaf pickup is completed. "We have received quotes for the grinding of the brush dump," he said. "The low quote was $9,125 and the high, $13,625. My plan is to have this completed as soon as possible so that that material will be ready for spring."

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Public Meetings
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Dec. 8-14 weather report

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2009 - 6:11am

Weather report Dec. 8-14

Date Max. temp Min. temp Prec.

Dec. 8 35 21 0.26

Dec. 9 49 18 0.16

Dec. 10 18 11

Dec. 11 31 14 trace

Dec. 12 41 18

Dec. 13 40 35 0.31

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Regional news
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Miss Ohio visits with ILR participants

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 15, 2009 - 6:06am

Erica Gelhaus, Miss Ohio 2009, presented at the Bluffton University Institute for Learning in Retirement's (ILR) Christmas brunch, Dec. 9. She is a senior vocal performance major at Otterbein College and will compete in the Miss America pageant in January 2010.

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Bluffton University
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Margaret G. Steiner 1914-2009

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 14, 2009 - 6:22pm
Margaret G. Steiner

Margaret Grace Steiner, 95, a lifelong resident of Bluffton, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, where she was a resident.
She was born Oct. 23, 1914, in Bluffton to Fred and Bertha (Althaus) Hahn. She graduated from Bluffton High school in 1933. In 1937 she married Nelson F. Steiner and he died in 2003.

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Obituaries
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