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February full of activities at Maple Crest

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2011 - 8:54pm

Maple Crest Senior Living Community will have a busy February. The eight-page February newsletter, telling about those events is available to view as an attachment to the bottom of this story.

One of the feature events of the months is on Monday, Feb. 7 at 3:30 p.m. when Joanne Niswander tells about her month in Australia in October.

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Two Bluffton Boy Scout teams compete in very chilly Klondike Derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2011 - 4:45pm
Scouts from Troop 256 who completed in this year's Klondike Derby

The day started at minus 4 below, the weather couldn't have been better for a Klondike Derby.

Two young Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 256 teams scored well against generally older competition at the annual Camp Berry Klondike Derby on Jan. 22.

Fifty-seven teams entered the derby. Bluffton's teams, the "Pit Vipers" finished 39th, and the "Fire Extinguishers" finished 45th. Bluffton teams included scouts aged 11-13, who did very well for their age.

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Maple Crest February book discussion "Stones to Schools"

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2011 - 3:04pm

A discussion of Greg Mortenson's book "Stones into Schools" will take place in the family room of Maple Crest Senior Living Village on Monday, Feb. 28, at 2:30 p.m.

Copies of the book are available at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., Bluffton. Maple Crest Senior Living Village is located at 700 Maple Crest Ct., Bluffton.

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2010 baby names from Bluffton Hospital: Meet Mya, Grace, Marie, James and lots of boys starting with "J"

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2011 - 4:17am

Imagine yourself at the Bluffton High School commencement for the class of 2028. Chances are good to excellent that there will be several girls named Mya and Grace. There will be several boys with middle names of James (we counted 10) and many first names starting with the letter "J." For example, you'll find Jackson, Jacob, Jonah, Julius, Joshua, Jordan and so on.

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15 minutes with Tig Intagliata

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 24, 2011 - 12:04pm
Tig, Emily, and Karen Intagliata

You were born in California and have lived in Arizona and probably some other very warm places. How did you end up in Northwest Ohio?

That's where Bluffton University happens to be. I came here for the opportunity to work on the campus, not for the weather or the scenery. If only I could convince the trustees to relocate it to the Southwest...

Where does the nickname "Tig" come from? Does anyone call you Stephen?

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Anyone who dismissed the power of small change look at this Pennies for Peace figure: $2,886.51.

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 24, 2011 - 4:00am
Third graders on the way to the bank

Anyone who dismissed the power of small change look at this figure: $2,886.51.

That's the amount of money collected at the Bluffton Elementary School from Dec. 1 to Jan. 14 for the Pennies for Peace Program, service learning project. Click here to read earlier story on this event.

According to Beth Raeburn, teacher in charge of the project, donations came in the following amounts:

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