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New flagpole dedicated at Trinity School

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 12, 2010 - 5:21am

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A new flagpole was dedicated in connection with the Veterans' Day program at Trinity Lutheran School, Jenera. Staff Sgt. George Norway, a Trinity graduate stationed with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, helped eighth grade students Jacob Edwards and Kyle Sands with the first flag raising.

Speakers at the program included Hubert Rauch, a World War II veteran, Ed Amstutz, a Viet Nam veteran and George Norway, a current Marine.

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Worship
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BHS post-prom committee has holiday fund-raiser

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 12, 2010 - 5:17am

Bluffton High School Post Prom Fundraisers

The Bluffton High School Post Prom Committee is offering great ideas for Christmas gift-giving this year.

As fundraisers for this year's Post Prom, offered are bright-colored t-shirts and sweatshirts with a fun Bluffton Pirate logo on the front, (can add name on back). Order forms available at the BHS office or at The Sports Warehouse. The order deadline is Nov. 23;.

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Events
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Dough Hook offers free cookies for canned donations

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 5:10pm

The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., will hold its its second annual "cans for cookies" event this month.

The event is Nov. 16-20. Here's how it works: Bring in canned goods to The Dough Hook and get a cookie for each item donated.

For example, bring in 12 items and get a dozen free cookies. All donated food will be given to the Bluffton Food Pantry.

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Events
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Robert Kreider reflects on a day once called "Armistice Day"

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 4:15pm

By Robert Kreider

We called it "Armistice Day."

I recall as a schoolboy in the late twenties on Armistice Day at 11:00 a.m. being instructed by Miss Biederman (and the next year by Miss Steiner) to lay my head down on my desk in remembrance of those who died eight to ten years before in the World War--no WWII then on the horizon.

There was the school janitor, Mr. Potee, and his brother with war disabilities to remind us of veterans. I had just outgrown a khaki wool suit which my mother had made from an army uniform a neighbor gave her.

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Iconoclast View
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Torn ACL = athlete's worst nightmare

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 3:53pm
Mike Johnson in an ACL cast - click on photo to enlarge
Note: A torn anterior cruciate ligament is an athlete's worst nightmare. Here are two stories on how ACLs have affected Bluffton University athletes.

Photo and story by Derek Woods, Icon student intern
A.C.L.! The last three letters you don't want to hear if you are an athlete of any kind. Those are the letters Mike Johnson heard this summer. During a practice in summer camp for the Bluffton University football team, Johnson tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This experience would change his life.

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People
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Gideon Steiner 1917-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 11, 2010 - 12:45pm
Gideon Steiner

Gideon Steiner, 93, of Bluffton died 2:40 pm Nov. 10, 2010, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born April 10, 1917, in Ontario, Canada, to Gideon and Sarah Wilhelm Steiner.

On Dec. 8, 1941 he married Ellnora Amstutz and she preceded him in death on Aug. 17, 1995. Mr. Steiner retired from Durez Corp., Kenton where he was a first class stationary engineer. He also worked at BLH, Lima and was a custodian at the Bluffton Schools.

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Obituaries
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