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Who would choose to go to Antarctica and why?

Those questions were answered by Maple Crest villa residents Stan and Jo Clemens and Mark and Kay Weidner during a recent travelogue program.

Stan was the instigator of the travel idea because of a nephew who manages an inn at Yellowstone National Park for the warm months of the year, and works in food service at the South Pole in the winter months. 

Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event was held on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Lima Senior High School. Congratulations to the following Bluffton students:

Class "A"
Mark Bixel - Violin Solo - Superior
Mark Bixel - Piano Solo - Superior
Darnell Boddie – Tenor Solo  – Superior

Megan Sycks - Soprano Solo  – Superior

Amy Warren – Soprano Solo  – Superior

Katie Frazier - Trumpet Solo - Superior

Emma Woodruff - Oboe Solo - Superior

Amy Warren - Piano Solo - Good

Here's what's cooking at Jeanne's Kitchen this week.

LUNCH SPECIALS for Jan. 20-23

TUESDAY
Potato soup
Stuffed shells in marinara with side salad
Hot roast beef with mashed potatoes

WEDNESDAY
Stuffed pepper soup
Fish platter
Beef stew with side salad

THURSDAY
Cheesy corn chowder
Philly cheese steak
Turkey, cranberry and stuffing sub

Robert "Bob" L. Reichenbach, 84. of Bluffton  died Jan. 19, 2015, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. 

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton. 

Visitation will be Friday from 4-8 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton and an hour prior to the service at the church.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

 

Dr. James Loewen, author of the 1995 bestseller “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,” will address a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

His talk, titled “The Most Important Era in U.S. History That You Never Heard Of, and Why It’s Still Important Today,” will begin at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall. It is free and open to the public.

Linda Jo Tabler, 72, died at 12:35 a.m., Sunday Jan. 18, 2015, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay, Ohio.  She was born on Dec. 17, 1942, in Lima, Ohio, to Robert L. "Buck" and Lillian M. (Rasor) Lamb. They both preceded her in death.

On Nov. 9, 1963, she married Jerry E. Tabler and he survives in Bluffton, Ohio.

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