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Windy graduation

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2014 - 8:26pm

It was a windy graduation, and it was celebrated indoors. Bluffton University's 114th annual commencement exercises took place Sunday. Here's a view of the grads as they processed from Founders to the Sommer Center.

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Willis Taylor was prominent Bluffton College athlete in the in 1950s

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 3, 2014 - 11:14am

Willis Taylor, Jr., Bluffon College graduate from Youngstown, Ohio, died on March 27, 2014.

He was born to Rev. Willis Taylor, Sr. and Lucille Morris Taylor, on Sept. 14, 1945, in Mayersville, Miss. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Youngstown.

Willis graduated from South High School in 1954. He graduated in 1958 from Bluffton College, now Bluffton University. While at B.C. he played football, basketball, and ran track. Following college he enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years.

In 1960, he married Barbara Streid and moved to Chicago.

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Obituaries
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First Bluffton Farmers' Market of the season is Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2014 - 10:35pm

The long wait is over. On Saturday, May 3, the popular Bluffton Farmers' Market opens for its 11th season. The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold an official ribbon cutting to launch this year's market prior to its morning opening.

The market will be open rain or shine, from 8:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday from May 3 until then end of October.

The market is in the Citizens National Bank parking lot. Persons interested in becoming vendors should contact Peter Previte at 567-674-9513.

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Regional news
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May Day ceremony, graduation at Bluffton University moved inside

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2014 - 10:27pm

 

Due to an unfavorable weather forecast, Bluffton University has moved this weekend’s May Day and commencement ceremonies indoors, at the Sommer Center.

The May Day ceremony, part of a traditional campuswide celebration, will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Sommer Center.

The 114th annual commencement exercises will be held in the Sommer Center at 2 p.m. Sunday. About 260 students will be graduating, including roughly 215 undergraduate students. The speaker will be Lima Mayor David J. Berger.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton University Day at The Dough Hook

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2014 - 10:20pm

Seven Bluffton University students spent Friday night decorating cookies with 2014 and the letter "B" in anticipation of Bluffton University Day Saturday morning at The Dough Hook. J. Denny Beaver, the university's mascot, will appear at the store at 11 a.m. Read the story below for all the details. Class members from left are: Jill Ellerbrock, Joe Middleton, Paula White, Melissa Herman, Meg Snyder, Marlena Ballinger and Ruth-Ann Shantz.

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Right out of the oven - these cookies took two years to create

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 2, 2014 - 10:11pm

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

When Marlena Ballinger, co-owner of The Dough Hook, began to plan Bluffton University Day at her store, she envisioned selling sugar cookies decorated in purple and white, the colors of her soon-to-be alma mater. And she knew exactly who to call for help in decorating the cookies.

Ballinger invited the students in her Bluffton Cohort-based Organizational Management (BCOMP) cohort - a group of nine adults who had spent nearly every Wednesday night during the past two years as they completed their bachelor's degrees.

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People
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