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$290,000 Airpark Master Plan Study will focus on Bluffton Airport

Village share of project could be as low at $14,500
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 3:26pm

A projected $290,000 Airpark Master Plan Study for the Bluffton Airport will become a reality, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

He will update Bluffton council on Monday about the project, which includes a 90 percent grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The village still awaits official notification from the Ohio Department of Transportation, which may provide an additional 5 percent toward the grant. That application went to the Ohio Office of Aviation.  Its total is $14,500.

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Public Meetings
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"Left in the Wicker Basket," or "right under the ol' boarding school steps"

It's Bluffton High's fall drama this weekend
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 3:02pm

The sweet orphaned Truehart sisters, who don’t realize they’re identical twins until the nearly blind Lyla Sol points it out, were left in a wicker basket on the boarding school steps 17 years ago. 

The letter left with them revealed they are the heirs to a fortune in — Wait!  That part of the letter is missing! 

Curious?

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Events
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Israeli and Palestinian parents share lessons of grief and unity with students

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 11:56am

With tensions ongoing in the Middle East, hatred for fellow neighbors continues to fester. This hatred has led to the loss of many innocent lives. George and Najwa Sa’adeh, from Bethlehem (Palestine) and Rami Elhanan from Jerusalem (Israel) explained to Bluffton University students during an evening Forum on Oct. 27, many Israelis see Palestinians as enemies or terrorists and vice versa. However, Elhanan explained instead he views the Sa’adehs as family.

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Bluffton University
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Lots of information in just six letters

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 10:39am

This plate provides a lot of information with just six letters. It belongs to David Retterer, Ada, mayor. You'll find it on a bright red Ford F150 pickup.

How many other university towns in the U.S. could you pull this off?

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Regional news
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BHS class of 1947 - as first graders

Grace Cox and Meredith Stepleton's rhythm band
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 10:15am

Here’s Meredith Stepleton and Grace Cox 1934-1935 Bluffton first graders’ rhythm band. It’s the Bluffton High School class of 1947 as first graders.

Members, front row from left, Morris Groman, Sara Jane Huser, Karlos Moser, Imogene Wenger, Roy Hofer, Jean Ann Burcky, Kent Stonehill and Mary Kay Bauman.

Second row from left, Joan Clark, Bonnie Grismore, Paul Bixel, Peggy Martin, Joanne Hahn, Lyman Hofstetter, Helen Burkholder, Margorie Klay and Patsy Schmidt.

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Historical Bluffton
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100 years ago the presidential election in Bluffton was just as hot as in 2016

Read our account from an eye-witness - did Wilson win, or Hughes?
Posted by Fred Steiner on November 7, 2016 - 9:31am

Milt Sprunger graduated from Bluffton College in 1920 and returned to Bluffton during his retirement. During his college years, he became very familiar with Main Street businesses and characters, and experienced the 1916 presidential election as a Blufftonite. Here is his election account, taken from "A Good Place to Miss: Bluffton Stories 1900-1975."

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