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Did your great-grandparents attend Stager country school?

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 4:01pm

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It was 112 school years ago.

Can you name the corner where Stager one-room schoolhouse once stood? If we are not mistaken it stood on the northwest corner of Bixel and Tom Fett Road between Bluffton and Pandora.

Stager was a combined school district for Richland Township number 10 and number 13.  

Here's a school card from the 1902-03 school yer. It also lists all the students and includes a photograph of Clara M. Greding, teacher. 

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Historical Bluffton
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PrimeTimers Christmas party Dec. 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 1:28pm

PrimeTimers Fellowship will hold their annual Christmas party at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, at St. John Mennonite Church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora.

This is a monthly lunch gathering open to those 55 and older. This month’s menu is ham loaf, sweet potato casserole, scalloped corn, cranberry walnut bread, dessert and coffee.

PrimeTimers is a ministry of St. John Mennonite Church and Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio. For more information contact Kelly at 419-358-1015, ext. 102.

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People
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Bluffton PTO meeting moved to Dec. 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 1:09pm

The Bluffton PTO has rescheduled its December meeting, according to Melissa Knauss, president.

Due to the elementary band concert, the December meeting is moved to Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary school library.

 

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Regional news
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Recker named HCAC Player of the Week

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 11:49am

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University center Thayne Recker (Arlington) earned All-Tournament Team honors at the Chicago Marriott Naperville Tip-Off Tournament over the weekend and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. 

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Bluffton University
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Watch for high winds today

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 11:35am

A line of strong thunderstorms is track across western Ohio this morning mixing down very
strong winds aloft.

At 7:45 a.m. radar indicated a line strong thunderstorms extending from Union City, Ohio
to Greensburg, Ind. This line of storms was moving to the northeast at 50 m.p.h. and will impact portions of western Ohio (Lima, Ottawa, Findlay, Kenton) with gusts as high as 65 m.p.h. in the next several hours.
 

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Regional news
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Naylor book signing on Saturday at Book ReViews

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2014 - 10:56am

Ruth Naylor, Bluffton poet/writer will launch her newest book at Book ReViews as part Blaze of the Lights from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29.

The book title is  "Straw & All: A Christmas Poetry Collection."  During her poetry reading and book signing Naylor will share Christmas experiences that inspired the poetry.

According to Elaine Sommers Rich, Naylor has a “rare ability to imbue Christmas trappings such as candles, trees, and presents with a spiritual aura.”

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Events
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