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Dr. George Lehman (left), chair of business studies at Bluffton University and a Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) board member, presents the prize for winning BCE^aEURTMs BIG Idea contest, an Apple gift card, to new Bluffton graduates (left to right) Carter Sprunger, Bracton Eicher and Kenneth Miller. The three of them, along with classmate Gregg Beitler, launched Remark Engineering, a design and marketing venture

Four new Bluffton University graduates-three of them from Berne, Ind.-created an entrepreneurial venture that recently won the BIG Idea contest sponsored by the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE).

Two Bluffton University softball players were recently honored by the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference coaches for their outstanding play this season. Junior Meagan Price (Toledo/Springfield) was Bluffton's lone member of the first team, while freshman Shelby Erford (Paulding) earned honorable mention following her first season with the Beavers.

Rotha Grace Riggenbach

Rotha Grace Riggenbach, 84 of Columbus Grove and formerly of Delphos, died at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Putnam Acres Care Center in Ottawa.

Mrs. Riggenbach was born on July 18, 1926 in Akron, Ohio to the late Clarence S. and Laura E. (Bohn) Dauber. She married Ray W Riggenbach on August 5, 1946 and he preceded her in death on Feb. 7, 2010.

She had a short career as a secretary for Goodrich Rubber Co., in Akron, enjoyed playing the organ for her church in Delphos.

Surviving is her daughter, Nancy (Gene) Leatherman of Arlington, Ohio.

Icon viewers may now read the Bluffton Lions Club May newsletter. It is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Help is on the way

No question. Jackson Street has a curb problem. The village hopes to repair these curbs before a street paving project begins. Click here for details.

First National Bank of Pandora asks consumers, "Do you Kasasa?" as it becomes the newest financial institution in Ohio to launch one of the country's most innovative financial products.

Kasasa is a new brand of free checking and savings accounts that pays consumers to use their account with what interests them most - high interest, automatic savings or digital downloads from iTunes or Amazon.com.

These accounts offer residents a better checking account option than the mega bank experience.

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