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:
6th Grade:
Megan Sycks, daughter of David and Linda Sycks, Bluffton. Megan is a member of the BMS choir and band. She participates on the 6th grade quiz bowl team. She attends Bluffton Presbyterian Church and is in dance at Cindy's tap on Wood Dance Studio.
Jamie Mehaffie, Bluffton village administrator, recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from International City/County Management Association (ICMA), a local government leadership and management organization.
Mehaffie is one of 1,200 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program.
Lynn Mohler of Elida joined Mennonite Mutual Aid Society-Swiss Mutual Insurance Agency, Bluffton, this winter as its manager, according to Lawrence Matthews, board chair.
"We are very happy to have Lynn join our company," said Matthews. "He holds extensive managerial, personal experience and leadership skills that will move our company forward."
Eric Fulcomer, Bluffton council president, is the first person to announce intentions to run for mayor of Bluffton this year. Fred Rodabaugh, mayor, announced earlier this month that he would not seek re-election.
"Our community is truly a wonderful place to live and work," said Fulcomer as he announced his plans to seek the Republican Party's nomination for mayor.
"I look forward to talking with the citizens of Bluffton in the coming months about our collective dreams for Bluffton's future."
This three-way discuss took place over Christmas vacation in their Grove Street home front room. Unfortunately, the conversation went in way too many directions to take accurate notes. This is a simple paraphrase and only scratches the surface. To bring you up to speed, the following may help:
John: 2004 BHS grad; 2008 University of Chicago, BA linguistics, minor in Slavic languages and literatures; May 2010 MA, Berkeley, linguistics; in Ph.D. program in linguistics, expects to be completed in May 2013.
