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Campus Life Youth for Christ announces its 2013-14 middle school calendar, according to Hannah Slechter, middle school director.

Bluffton Club 56
Mondays after school to 4:15 p.m.
Location: Campus Life Room, 111 W College Ave. Bluffton
Starts Monday, Sept.16, for 5th and 6th graders

Pandora Club 56
Tuesdays after school to 4 p.m.
Location: Pandora Missionary Church
Starts Tuesday, Sept. 17, for 5th and 6th graders

Nathan Davis is the winner of Week 3 of the Icon football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge.  Davis, Melina Woods and Tater Hooker all correctly picked 11 games. Davis was declared the winner by virtue of the first tie-breaker.  

Other contestants:

10 correct - Adelyn Althaus, Ben Reineke, Bill Edwards, David Glick, Jim Dillman, Nathan Lamb and Todd Fleharty.

This reminder to students and families in the Bluffton school district from Greg Denecker, superitendent: Scheduled two-hour school delay on Tuesday, Sept. 17, for professional development ( FIP) training.

Imagine this!

Miss Minnesota, Rebecca Yeh, 20, an Ohio Northern University student, won the $2,000 scholarship in the talent competition in the Miss America contest, held Thursday night in Atlantic City.

She performed a violin solo and is reported to have said, "I'm going to sleep with this,"  while holding her award after the competition.

A. John Moser, 80, died at 8:32 pm Sept. 13, 2013 at Willow Ridge, Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

Bluffton’s newest retail shop – Timeless Treasures Christian Books and Gifts – opened Monday at 124 N. Main St.

Owners Jeanne and Ed Conner first opened the business in 1996 in their home at 2794 County Road 313, Bluffton.

Their move to the former Deer Creek Shoppes, fills an empty storefront on Main Street and provides a new retail shop for downtown Bluffton.

The business is a full-service Christian bookstore and offers grave monuments and markers, bereavement gifts and memorial videos for funeral homes and for special occasions, according to Jeanne Conner.

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