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Jeanie Ream, Roger Broadman, Lynda Best

Village Cut & Curl and friends team was started about 6-8 years ago. Lynda Best started a team because her own father had cancer and five years ago died from the disease. He first got chronic leukemia 24 years before, then he had squamas cell on his ear and had 32 lymph nodes in his neck and ear are removed. He then had prostrate cancer and acute leukemia. Ms. Best also lost grand parents, her mother in-law and several other friends and family member from cancer.

Smell the flowers

The downtown flowers are back! Stratton Greenhouses have once again provided flowering plants for Bluffton's downtown. This year's color is purple.

Village Cut & Curl, in the fight against cancer, is giving free haircuts to people who have to start chemotherapy. They will also trim or style their hair once it begins to regrow. The salon will also give discounts for people willing to donate their hair for Locks of Love. Find the Village Cut & Curl at 212 Cherry St. or call 419-358-7593.

This news release is the third in a series of five that will highlight different aspects of the Bluffton Sesquicentennial.

The Village of Bluffton announces its Sesquicentennial Celebration in honor of Bluffton's "150 Years of Progress." Bluffton's Sesquicentennial will consist of an entire week of displays, lectures, films, celebratory events, and competitions.

1) Triplett Photo Exhibit

A Tuesday evening service will be held weekly at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, beginning on June 14 at 7:30 pm. The Tuesday service will be a slightly abbreviated version of the previous Sunday service. All are welcome and the church is handicapped accessible. More information is available at: tlcjenera.org

Bluffton University's education department has received reaccreditation until 2017 from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

In its report, the NCATE team that visited Bluffton specifically cited the department for modeling best professional practices in teaching and service, and for its leadership and authority, facilities and resources, including technology. Those areas received the council's highest rating, called "target," meaning they exceed standards.

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