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Remembering Dave Smucker

He was a very, very smart guy. No, not a geek. Despite the fact that he held a bachelor’s from Oberlin, master’s from Hartford Seminary and doctorate from Boston University
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2021 - 12:50pm

David Rempel Smucker – we knew him as Dave Smucker. He was the guy you wanted to sit beside in study hall.

To read is obituary, click here.

He could answer math questions that you had no idea how to solve – while he did his own homework.

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Here's Always Right Driving School's next class schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 3:59pm

Always Right Driving School, 205  N. High St., Columbus Grove, announces its driver’s education classes planned this spring

Classes are held in three locations:  Columbus Grove, Shawnee and Bath at different times.
Columbus Grove from 5 p.m. - 9:10 p.m.
March, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31

Ottawa from noon - 4:10 p.m.
March 28, April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9

Bath from 5 - 9:10 p.m.
April 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21

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Senior Center holds garage sale March 25 to 29

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 3:47pm

Bluffton Senior Citizens' Annual Garage Sale, 132 N. Main St., will hold the first Bluffton garage sale of the year, according to Tonya Meyer, director.

Hours are: 
Thursday, March 25 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday,  March 26 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 27 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday, March 29 – half-price sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Masks are required. Only the front door will be utilized to control number of people in building. Limit 20 shoppers at a time. The sale includes housewares, craft items, books, toys, antiques and more.

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15 minutes with Chrissy Lugibihl and Janette Reineke

Discussion centers on attention-getting videos and window display - but you are in for a lot more
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 3:20pm

This Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs edition of “Fifteen Minutes With...” is a video installment with Chrissy Lugibihl and Janette Reinke of the Et Cetera Shop. Watch the video at the bottom of this story.

The BCE asked for tips on producing attention-getting videos and window displays, as well as for background information on the thrift shop located at 327 N. Main St., phone (419) 358-4201.

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Watch for a new "improved" Jefferson Street coming soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 2:06pm

Jefferson Street will close at the end of March from County Line Road to Main Street as Phase II takes place. The project is expected to be completed by July. The next image shows the official detour route during construction.

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David Rempel Smucker was a 1967 Bluffton HS graduate

Held a doctorate in Christian church history and American religion from Boston University
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 12:37pm

Former Bluffton resident David Joseph Rempel Smucker, 71, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, died March 12, 2021, following a long and courageous struggle with kidney disease.

Click here to read a column titled "Remembering Dave Smucker."

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