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Perfect attendance pays off at Apollo

Apollo Career Center will award a new car to one lucky student with perfect attendance., Monday, May 24, at 9:40 a.m., in the Apollo Commons. A reverse drawing of sorts, at the end two students will each be handed a set of keys. One set will start the car, and the runner-up receives a brand new Gateway computer.

Many businesses donated a variety of prizes to this year's perfect attendees and as each student's name is pulled from the basket that student will be awarded gas cards, pizzas, subs, etc. Forty-seven students are entered in this year's contest

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BFR hosts senior health-fitness events May 26

Bluffton Family Recreation (BFR) will hold a special senior health and fitness day Wednesday, May 26, according to Carole Enneking, director.

"All events are free and open to seniors age 55 and older," she said. Events take place at four locations:
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At the Senior Citizens Center will be Wii bowling challenge from 10 a.m. to noon; miniature golf putting green from 9 to 11 a.m.; and exercise by Joy at 1:30 p.m.

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Get ready for a crafty Saturday

Here's a summary of what's where at Saturday's arts and crafts show. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Bluffton High School show choir and jazz band will perform near the farmer's market. The student art show will be on the Presbyterian Church lawn. (Map by Alison King)

What's the Floridian trying to say?

This message looks cryptic, but then, it's a Florida plate spotted on Main Street. What do we know?

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Area students among university graduates

Bluffton University students, alumni and friends recently gathered for the institution's annual May Day and commencement festivities, May 8 and 9. The institution's 110th commencement ceremony, held on May 9, recognized 270 graduates. This year's commencement speaker was Elaine Moyer, a Bluffton alumna and associate director of the Mennonite Education Agency. She presented "Engage Complexity - Live Simply."

Graduates from the local area include:

Earning master's degrees in education: Kelly Ren'e Prichard, Bluffton, Ohio; Jami L. Slager, Bluffton, Ohio.

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Bluffton students receive grants for summer exploration of vocation

Bluffton University students Emily Baransy, Maryam Telahun and Marlon Young are exploring connections between vocation and faith this summer thanks to $1,500 Summer Discovery Grants awarded by Bluffton's Pathways to Mission and Vocation project.

In July, Baransy, a junior from Ottawa, will attend a Renovar'e Covenant Retreat in San Diego focusing on spiritual discernment and discovery. After returning to Bluffton, the social work major will work with campus pastor Stephen Intagliata to put her insights into practice as a pastoral assistant.

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