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Bluffton Lions support Ohio School for Blind Marching Band in Rose Bowl parade

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2009 - 5:23am

As you watch the Rose Bowl Parade on television on new year's day, you'll see two talented blind marching units with a Bluffton connection.

The Bluffton Lions Club is a supporter of the Lions White Cane Blind Precision Drill team and the Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB) Marching Band, which is grouped with the Lions Clubs International float.

Marching in front of the Lions Clubs International float entry "Decades of Service" is the Lions White Cane Blind Precision Drill team from Tustin, Calif. The Lions' entry is eighth in the Rose Parade order of march.

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George Lehman talks about Amish business practices

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2009 - 5:03am

George Lehman, Howard Raid professor of business, will present "Changing Business Practices Among the Amish of Adams County, Indiana," at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in Stuzman Lecture Hall in Centennial hall, as part of Bluffton University's Friday Colloquium Series. The event is free and open to the public.
Lehman grew up in Adams County and has always been fascinated by the changes in that community over years.

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Bach Festival rehearsals begin Jan. 12

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2009 - 5:00am

Rehearsals for Bluffton University's Bach Festival will begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the Gilliom Room of Mosiman Hall. Anyone from high school students to adults who has an interest in singing is welcome to attend.

The chorus, along with orchestra and soloists, will be performing Franz Schubert's Mass in G on Sunday, March 28 at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. Judy Hall, visiting assistant professor of music, will be the conductor.

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Weather report Dec. 15-21

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2009 - 4:56am

Temperatures Dec. 15-21

Date High Low Precipitation

Dec. 15 39 19 trace

Dec. 16 27 14

Dec. 17 36 15

Dec. 18 37 31 trace

Dec. 19 32 24 0.18

Dec. 20 31 24 trace

Dec. 21 30 25 trace

Provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer

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January Forum focus on "healthy world"

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2009 - 6:35pm

Ross Kauffman, Ph.D., visiting assistant research scientist and postdoctoral fellow, Indiana University School of Nursing, will present "Not Merely the Absence of Disease: Creating a Healthy World," as part of Bluffton University's weekly Forum series, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall. The forum is free and open to the public.

Kauffman is an epidemiologist working in the Training in Research for Behavioral Oncology and Cancer Control program at the Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis.

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Willard R. Downing 1937-2009

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2009 - 5:34pm

Williard R. Downing, 72, of Findlay, died Dec. 20, 2009, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.

He was born Oct. 22, 1937, in Allen County to Raymond and Metta Geiger Downing. On July 15, 1965, he married Phyllis Jean Shuster and she died Feb. 25, 1998.

Mr. Downing was retired from Phillips GTE, Ottawa. He was a graduate of Beaverdam High School.

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