November 2016

Features concert band and instrumental ensembles

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Bluffton University will host its Holiday Concert featuring the concert band and several instrumental ensembles at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

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Retired Eagle Township farmer, Wayne E. Marquart, died at 2:03 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.

Wayne was born Dec. 18, 1934 near Jenera, Ohio, to the late Clifford and Leona (Benner) Marquart. He married Barbara Grose on Feb. 20, 1955.

Wayne and Barbara lived in Schwabach/Nuremburg, Germany, in 1956 and 1957
where he was stationed with the 56th Field Artillery Battalion, 8th Infantry Division, US Army.

Rookie sports, basketball, dodgeball, tiny tots, soccer and swim lessons

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Several November and December programs for youth gett underway this week at Bluffton Family Recreation, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

Here’s the class update:
• Rookie sports - Tuesdays, 4:15-5 p.m.
For ages 4-6, youngsters will play a variety of sports

• K-3 basketball - Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
For youth from Kindergarten, first, second and third grades

Dressing the part, listening to doo wop, bubblegum-blowing contests...

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PHOTOS BY JAMIE NYGAARD
Bluffton first graders went back to the future – at least back to the 1950s, earlier this week.

Celebrating the 50th day of the school year, students dressed like they were voting for Eisenhower or Stevenson.

Teri Steinmetz, teacher, said, “We celebrated our 50th day of school by dressing up and doing activities like we are living in the 1950s.”

She added, “We did a bubblegum blowing contest, made root beer floats, listened to oldies, and did many activities about the number 50.

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Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a fellowship lunch for senior adults on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 11:30 a.m. at the Lunch Box Restaurant, 200 E Main St., in Pandora. All are welcome. Everyone will pay for their own meal and will order from the menu.

Focus on rewarding producers and rural residents in clean water efforts

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The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership is partnering with The Ohio State University on a study of how to reward producers and rural residents for their efforts to improve local water quality in the Blanchard River watershed. 

The study will be conducted by Dr. Richard Moore, emeritus professor of the School of Environment and Natural Resources and Yanting Guo, Ph.D student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program at The Ohio State University.

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The Bluffton Senior Citizens Center Christmas Garage Sale, 132 N. Main St., will hold a Christmas garage this this weekend.

Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11, and 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 12.

Items will include decorations, trees, ornaments, crafts, lights, music angels, Santas, snowmen and more. 

Free workshop follows chamber breakfast Nov. 11 in town hall

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Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs launches BCE Friday Workshops, a series of free monthly programs focusing on issues involving small businesses.

The workshops follow the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfasts on the second Friday of each month in the Bluffton town hall.

This month’s workshop at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 11, focuses on human resources.

The workshop title is “Top five human resource topics that could protect a small business owners’ bottom line.” Sally Siferd leads the workshop.

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Marilyn Hart, 85, died Nov. 6, 2016, at her residence. Marilyn was born Aug. 25, 1931, in Allen Park, Michigan, to the late Harry and Helen (Nonnamaker) Moore. On March 17, 1951, she married William Hart who preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 2006.

Marilyn retired from Lee County Transit in Ft. Myers, Florida, had worked at Ex-Cello Corporation, Bluffton, and also owned and operated with her husband, Bill's Country Butcher Shop. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton and was a graduate of Bluffton High School.

Village share of project could be as low at $14,500

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A projected $290,000 Airpark Master Plan Study for the Bluffton Airport will become a reality, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

He will update Bluffton council on Monday about the project, which includes a 90 percent grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The village still awaits official notification from the Ohio Department of Transportation, which may provide an additional 5 percent toward the grant. That application went to the Ohio Office of Aviation.  Its total is $14,500.

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