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Now that feels like November

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2010 - 5:33am

Now that feels like November! While the daily high temperature readings for the past seven days remain higher than normal, the lows are in the 30s. Here's the daily high, low and precipitation record for the past seven days, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

Date High Low Prec.

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December university arts calendar

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2010 - 5:27am

December 2010 events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.

Dec. 3 Colloquium: "Whitebark Pine Decline in the Greater Yellowstone: A Story of Birds, Bears and the Precious Dust of Galadriel," sabbatical report by Dr. Robert Antibus, professor of biology, 4 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall

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BVH to host new baby day camp sibling education event

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2010 - 5:18am

BVH to Host New Baby Day Camp Sibling Education Event
Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH) will host Spirit of Women New Baby Day Camp Sunday, December 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Blanchard Valley Hospital's Marathon Auditorium.

This special event is for children ages 3 to 6 expecting a new baby brother or sister. Physicians and specially-trained staff from BVH will teach campers how to hold a baby, how to become a "big helper" and how to make friends with the new baby.

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A nutty lunch

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2010 - 9:50pm
A nutty lunch

Why is it that when two white-breasted nuthatches get together for a meal, one always has to eat right-side-up? After all, don't all nuthatches eat upside-down? These two, with a very shy third one hidden from view, find The Icon's bird feeder appealing, up or down.

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6th Jerry Lewis Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 25 at Civic Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2010 - 5:19pm

This year marks the sixth year for the Jerry Lewis' McDonald's Thanksgiving day dinner, which was started in 1989 by the Chester Carey Family.

The Jerry Lewis's McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held on Thursday, Nov. 25th from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Lima Veteran's Memorial Civic and Convention Center.

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MDS director of communications: Call to help answered with leading of 5-year-old

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 15, 2010 - 4:34pm

Five years ago, a biblical prophecy became particularly pertinent to Scott Sundberg and his family. The little child who led them was Sundberg's older son Leif, then 5, whose "prophetic voice" seemed intended to change his father's behavior-and destined to change his life.

About a year later, Sundberg, his wife Wendy and their two sons left Southern California for what he calls a "cross-cultural experience" in Lancaster, Pa., where he became communications director for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS).

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