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As Bluffton prepares for the Bluffton for Hope cancer relay for life fundraiser June 19-20, the downtown will take on a purple look. 

Purple is the color used by the American Cancer Society for Relay for Life events.  Many downtown businesses will show their support with purple shoes displayed on the outside of their shops.

The 2015 Bluffton for Hope relay event will begin at 6.m. on Friday, June 19, held at BFR Sports & Fitness, 215 Snider Road, due to renovations at the Bluffton University stadium. 

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Westerville store to open in fall of 2015;
Maumee location transferred to local couple

Shirley’s Gourmet Popcorn Company is expanding to the Columbus area this fall, and is adding two area couples as its first franchisees.

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Here's the final Bluffton Middle School honor roll of the 2014-15 school year.

All “A” Honor Roll:

6th Grade:  Isabella Angel, Simon Derstine, Levi Hohenbrink, Nicholas Jebsen, Brenna Kindle, Evan Mayden, Joshua Mehaffie, Joshua Meyer, Melina Meza, Thaddeus Mittendorf, Grace Myers, Alexi Rieman, Tanner Schultz, Tyson Shutler, Julia Smallcombe, Celia Smith

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There's some very competitive games of sand volleyball underway during Tuesday evenings this summer. Bluffton Family Recreation league play started this week. The games are played at the Rosenberger Drive courts.

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A children’s book published last fall by The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton University has been named as one of this year’s 25 outstanding books by Skipping Stones magazine.

“Swords to Plowshares: The Creation of John P. Klassen’s Mennonite Central Committee Medallion” has received a 2015 Honor Award from the international literary magazine for youth.

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Columbus Grove won the Northwest Conference 2014-15 “Don Bachman Award of Excellence” for the second time with a strong finish in the spring sports season.  This award recognizes the school in the conference that exhibits the highest level of consistent excellence in conference-sponsored sports and scholastic bowl competition.

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