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Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 5:26am

The Icon spotted YOR 4 in the Maple Crest parking lot. We'd appreciate viewer response concerning this plate's meaning.

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Letter: BHS junior class parents seeking post-prom business donations

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 11:16pm

Dear Area Business,
The parents of the Bluffton High School Junior Class are in the process of organizing Post Prom activities for Saturday, April 30, 2011. It is the responsibility of the Junior Class parents to sponsor and conduct this event for the BHS Junior and Senior Classes.

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A "special gift" for the Gift of Giving: indoor storage at Colonial Surface Solutions

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 6:32pm

Good news for The Gift of Giving, the Light show extravagance at Bluffton's Blaze of Lights. The show has found a home for off-season storage.

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Bluffton Apollo senior going to state welding competition

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 6:07pm
Pavel Shekochikhin

Pavel Shekochikhin, Bluffton, and a student at Apollo Career Center, proved his skills in welding recently. He won second place in the Skills USA Welding competition. He advances to state competition. Shekochikhin is a senior in the Apollo Career Center welding program.

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Botswanans, Bluffton University celebrate cross-cultural ties

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 6:00pm
Kgosi Mafoko, chief of the village of Pitseng, Botswana, talks with Louise Matthews, director of Bluffton University^aEURTMs Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, during a tour of the center. Mafoko traveled to Bluffton with Nthati Phetlhu, a language and culture instructor who worked with Bluffton students who visited Pitseng for cross-cultural experiences in 2007 and 2009. Another group of 10 Bluffton students is going there this May.

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Bluffton University sends students abroad every year to learn about diverse cultures. But the university rarely gets to thank the hosts for those cross-cultural experiences in person.

The opportunity arose this week, though, when two visitors from Botswana came to Bluffton to see for the first time the campus and community that sent groups of students to the African nation in 2007 and 2009, and will do so again this May.

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Bluffton University
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Moderate icing possible Thursday night and early Friday

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 23, 2011 - 4:31pm

Moderate icing possible for the northern AEP Ohio area is predicted Thursday night and early Friday.

A developing winter storm over the southern plains on Thursday will track into the Ohio Valley by Friday.

While its still to early to pin down exact amounts preliminary information suggests the possibility of moderate freezing rain accumulations (perhaps 1/4" - 1/2" ice) in a band from Muncie, Ind., to Canton.

On Wednesday evening, according to AEP's forecast, it appears the main icing threat is north of Columbus.

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