April 2017

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April 17, 2017

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ADA, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team limited local rival Ohio Northern to just seven runs in two games, but the Polar Bears parlayed them into a non-conference sweep at Wander Field on Monday, April 17. Bluffton fell to 11-16 with its eighth straight loss, while ONU improved to 15-14 following the victories.

1974 graduate has lifetime connection to Bluffton

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Bluffton University will honor the retirement of Dr. Sally Weaver Sommer, vice president and dean of academic affairs, on Saturday, May 6 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
 
Weaver Sommer ’74 has been active in various roles at Bluffton for the past 30 years. In 1982, she returned to campus as a lecturer in economics.

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Steven E. Dotson, 51, died April 13, 2017. at his residence. Steven was born Oct. 26, 1965 in Lima to the late Robert and Helen (Nungester) Dotson. 

Steven graduated from Bluffton High School and most recently worked at Diamond Manufacturing in Bluffton. He had also worked at Accubuilt in Lima and Buckeye Body in Beaverdam. Steven enjoyed racing and building race engines. 

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Here's the Bluffton College May Day court from 39 May Days ago.

Back row from left, Jeff Boehr, escort, and Rich Bindernagle, chairman. Front from left, Louise Matthews, attendant, Cathy Beery, queen and Kent Yoder, most popular man.

May pole dancers, not in the photo were: Mary Liechty and Eric Simxcox, Brenda Liechty and Joe Suter, Cincy Ramseyer and Kevin Kapanka, Judy Stutzman and Kevin Augsburger, Jenny Clinehens and Greg Stenson, Sue Ramseyer and Dan Parent, Peggy Culp and Ron Moyer and Carla Augspurger and Bill Suter.

It's part of The Women's Center of Bluffton Hospital

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The Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital will continue to add services throughout 2017. This is one of those new services.

 

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has officially opened the Pelvic Pain Center part of The Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital, a new expansion and renovation project.

The Pelvic Pain Center is located in the hospital at at 139 Garau St.

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BACH 3 - Does this mean that somewhere in Ohio is a BACH 1 and a BACH 2? The Icon spotted this plate in Ada.

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This week from ODOT:
State Route 696 near the Allen County line, west of the village of Pandora, will be restricted through the work zone at times during drainage structure repair. Work is being performed by the ODOT Putnam County maintenance garage.

Pavement repair takes place

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Entrance ramp from state Route 103 to northbound I-75, Bluffton, will be closed for the day on Tuesday, April 18, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. for pavement repair.

I-75 northbound will be restricted as well at the base of the ramp at state Route 103 during the ramp repair. Work is being performed by ODOT District 1 roadway services.
 
State Route 12/state Route 235 overlap between state Route 235 and township Road 57 will close April 17 for 60 days for repair of a bridge deck.

Sponsored by Allen and Hardin for Election Action and Democracy

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Members of the public are invited to attend a town hall meeting featuring U.S. Congressional Representative Jim Jordan. The event will be held from 6:‐8: p.m. Monday, April 24 in the South Hall of the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima. The town hall is sponsored by Allen and Hardin for Election Action and Democracy (AHEAD), in partnership with other groups in Representative Jordan’s district.

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Dr. Howard Keim, senior lecturer in business at Bluffton University, along with his daughter, Talashia Keim Yoder, will present the Colloquium “A Leader Prepares” at 4 p.m. on April 21 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Both presenters have experience as leaders, performers and pastors and have discovered how concepts from these three arenas inform each other. They will share some serendipitous stories of how they have discovered this common ground. 

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