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Florence Duffield, 98 died at 1:25 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

Area residents and businesses are invited to the Customer Appreciation Day celebration on Friday, Sept. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Bluffton office located at 102 S. Main St.

Free pulled pork sandwiches, brats and Dietsch Brothers' Ice Cream will be served. Attendees may enter to win the grand prize or one of five $25 gas gift cards.

An additional door prize entry may be earned by going to CNB's Facebook page, facebook.com/cnbohio and completing the RSVP form on the Bluffton RSVP tab.

Pandor council received a quote of $21,000 from Tuttle Construction, Lima, to repair its EMS building. The announcement was made at the Sept. 13 council meeting.

Minutes from the meeting follow:

The Pandora Village Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 7:00 PM at the Municipal Building with Mayor, John Schlumbohm, presiding.

Members Present: Painter, Vance, Fricke, Hall, Stall
Members Absent: Blank

The meeting was opened with Pledge of Allegiance.

Gregus Smith of Schoolhouse Electronics, Bluffton, has donated a Smart Board to our the Hilty Memorial Home Child Care Center, according to Joy Reichenbach, administrator.

"We will implement the use of the technology called SMART Board interactive whiteboards instead of traditional chalkboards," she said.

The SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard which allows touch control of Microsoft Windows computer applications. The SMART Boards will be used for daily class lessons.

From left: J.J. "Sunfish" Garmatter, Austen "Feared Bear" Herron, Nick "Little Deer" Luke, Casey "Little Squirrel" McGuire, Clay "Whispering Blue Jay" Burkholder, Misha "River Trout" Groman and Christian "Red Fox" Groman.

The Bluffton Boy Scouts, under the direction of Assistant Scoutmaster Gary Wetherill, had made authentic costumes and learned about the Eastern Woodlands Indians which lived in our area from the mid-1700s through early 1800s.

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