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Lak may be Greek to some, but not to John Sylak

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 1, 2009 - 2:32pm

BHS GRAD FINDS HIS HOME IN LINGUISTICS AT BERKELEY

By Angela Green, BGSU intern

John Sylak, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of only a few people interested in Lak, which is a language spoken by over 150,000 people living over 6,000 miles away.

A 2003 Bluffton High School graduate, Sylak graduated from The University of Chicago with a degree in linguistics and is currently working toward a master's and eventually a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley.

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People
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Next community meal Dec. 3 at Sr. Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 1, 2009 - 2:13pm

The next Community Meal sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association is at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Senior Citizen Center.

First Mennonite Church will prepare and serve the meal, which includes beef and vegetable stew (vegetarian option also), cornbread and honey, fresh fruit and lemonade, tea/coffee.

The meal is open to the public. Donations are accepted and go to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program's food pantry.

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Worship
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Post office, Bluffton Icon, Senior Center on Santa's payroll

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2009 - 6:00pm

The Bluffton Post Office, The Bluffton Icon and the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center have signed on the with fat guy in the red suit this month. Youngsters of any age many write letters to Santa. A special mail box for the letters is located in the lobby of the Bluffton Post Office. The Icon will publish the letters. If a name and return address is printed on the letter, the elves at the Senior Citizens Center will send a reply to the writer. Letters will appear in the "Young Citizens" folder on The Icon.

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Iconoclast View
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An egg citing license plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2009 - 5:29pm
EGG LADY

Okay, this one shouldn't be too difficult. Name a rural egg producer between Bluffton, Columbus Grove and Pandora. If you guessed "Moser" you are on the right track on this plate.

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Regional news
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Raymond Spangler 1917-2009

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2009 - 1:13pm
Raymond Spangler

Raymond Francis Spangler, 92, of Bluffton, died Nov. 27, 2009 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Fla.

He was born Nov. 5, 1917, to Glen and Anna McKelvogue Spangler in Des Moines, Iowa. On Nov. 22, 1953, he married Marcene Ransbottom and she survives.

He had worked at the Triplett Corp., Bluffton. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, was a 32nd degree Mason and a 50-year member of the Bluffton Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Dayton, and the Bluffton Senior Citizens. He was a graduate of Bluffton High School and Bliss College, Columbus.

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Obituaries
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Gloria Geisheimer 1951-2009

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 30, 2009 - 1:04pm
Gloria Geisheimer

Gloria Jane Geisheimer of Bluffton died, on Nov. 28, 2009. She was born Aug. 28, 1951 in Lima, Ohio, to Lowell and Marjorie Standeford, of Ottawa, Ohio. She married Kurt Geisheimer on June 24, 1972 and he survives.

She was a graduate of Ottawa-Glandorf High School in 1969 and attended her 40th High School Reunion in the summer of 2009. She attended Bowling Green State University.

Her final days were spent using her faith in Jesus Christ as an instrument to witness during her care for breast cancer, which took her life.

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Obituaries
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