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Martyrs Mirror and Jan Luyken artwork forum topic Nov. 1

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on October 21, 2016 - 6:00am

Dr. David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history at Messiah College, will present “Humanizing Martyrdom: ‘Martyrs Mirror’ and the Artwork of Jan Luyken” during a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. 

 

Dr. Weaver-Zercher, the author of a new social history of the “Martyrs Mirror,” will explain how images enlivened 17thcentury European accounts of Christian martyrdom such as the “Martyrs Mirror.”

 

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Bluffton University
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Boys' soccer: Pirates blank Ottoville 3-0 in the rain

BHS advances to district finals Tuesday against Ft. Jennings
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 10:47pm

Ottoville came to Bluffton for their second game of a sectional boys' soccer match. Bluffton, playing its first game after taking a bye, knocked off the Big Green, 3-0.
 
Playing in a steady rain, the teams traded splashes till the 7th minute when Luke Young took the pass from Josh Begg and buried it in the net.

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If history is the guide look for Bluffton-Richland Township to vote Republican for president

However, the May primary shows there is room for doubt
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 3:25pm

If history is the guide, the majority of Bluffton and Richland Township voters will support the Republican presidential candidate on Nov. 8.

But, as the May primary results show, there is room for doubt in the election.

However, The Icon’s analysis of presidential voting patterns here since 1908 reflecting history as the guide will probably mean a Republican win.

Consider the following show of Republican political strength in this community:

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Regional news
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Where were you when the lights went out?

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 3:23pm

Where were you when much of Bluffton's power went out on Thursday morning? Jamie Nygaard was in the elementary and shares these "black and white" photos of school sort of in session. School was let out for the day at 11:10 a.m.

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Carolyn Risner 1938 - 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 3:12pm

Carolyn J. Risner,  78, died on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at noon at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

She was born on June 1, 1938, in Lima, Ohio, to Claude and Della (Hall) Gullett who preceded her in death. On May 19, 1956, Carolyn married Paul E. Risner and he preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 2015.

She was a member of Grace Gospel Church of Ada. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

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Obituaries
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Misrepresentation and misinterpretation of Amish in popular culture

Author dispells myths in university forum
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 20, 2016 - 3:01pm

From the romantic literature know as bonnet fiction to television shows such as “Breaking Amish” and “Amish Mafia” there is no shortage of portrayals of the Amish in mainstream culture.

But there is a shortage of truth in those portrayals. Author Saloma Miller Furlong dispelled some of the myths surrounding the Amish during a Bluffton University Forum held Oct. 11.

She offered authentic insight into a people who are time and again misrepresented and misinterpreted in popular culture.

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