January 2010

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library has set its meeting schedule for 2010. Board meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Riley Room. No meetings will be held in July or December.

Meetings dates are:

Tuesday, Jan. 26

Tuesday, Feb. 23

Tuesday, March 23

Tuesday, April 27

Tuesday, May 25

Tuesday, June 22

Tuesday, Aug. 24

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Tuesday, Oct. 26

Tuesday, Nov. 23

Francis Nusbaum

Francis D. Nusbaum, 91 of Pandora died at 12:40 a.m. at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born April 23, 1918 in Pandora to Gideon and Rose Haas Nusbaum. On Sept. 4, 1938 he married Grace Genevieve Sheidler and she died Oct. 14, 1998.

Mr. Nusbaum was a long time member of the Riley Creek and Pandora United Methodist churches. Francis and Genevieve owned and operated a grain and beef cattle farm in Riley Township For 45 years before retiring in 1990.

Dick Ramseyer, Bluffton Lions Club president informed The Icon that several Lions with local connections are in Haiti - and are reported to be safe - following the earthquake that struck that island nation yesterda.

The message Ramseyer sent to area Lions and to The Icon follows:

"With the recent news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti I wanted to alert everyone that we have several Lions from our district there on a VOSH trip and ALL ARE SAFE.

Several local residents are reported to be safe while visiting Haiti during the earthquake that struck that island nation yesterday.

Dick Ramseyer, Bluffton Lions Club president sent The Icon the following message that he also sent to area Lion members:

"With the recent news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti I wanted to alert everyone that we have several Lions from our district there on a VOSH trip and ALL ARE SAFE.

"Those on the trip are 2VDG Barbara Plaugher, PDG Larry Swords, PDG Ron Meyers, and PDG Dr John Moats and Lion Joanne. Again all are safe.

Bluffton University students will participate in the nationwide Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Monday, Jan. 18. The day was initiated by Congress in 1994 as a way to honor the legacy of Dr. King by having a day for community service and education of his message of social justice and nonviolence.

Activities include:

City Mission of Findlay
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Limited to 15 students
Cleaning, painting, sorting donations

Tom Sine, head of research and hospitality, Mustard Seed Associates (MSA), and Dr. Christine Sine, executive director of MSA, will present "Finding God's Best for Your Life...Creating New Possibilities," as part of Bluffton University's weekly Forum series, 11 a.m., Jan. 26 in Founders Hall. Forum is free and open to the public.

Jonathan Andreas, assistant professor of economics, will present "The Cardinalist Manifesto: How measurement theory shaped the ethics of economics," 4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall as part of Bluffton University's Friday Colloquium Series. The event is free and open to the public.

The Bluffton University Pathways to Mission and Vocation project will host a conference on immigration, Beyond Borders: The Role of Immigration in a Global Community, March 19-21, on the Bluffton campus.

The keynote speaker will be Daniel Carroll Rodas, author of Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible. Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, will also present a plenary session.

AG 98

What do you want to bet that AG is a '97 grad of Ohio State University?

Bluffton's school board reorganized for 2010 on Jan. 11. In so doing, the board set in motion the placement of the a three-year permanent improvement levy renewal to go on the May 4 ballot.

In other significant action, the board requested that the Ohio Department of Education delay implanting an all-day everyday kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year.

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