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Previte's son-in-law covering Ukrainian presidential elections for NPR

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2010 - 8:46am

A voice with an interesting Bluffton connection will be heard provide a news story aired on National Public Radio (NPR) this weekend.

David Green, executive foreign correspondent for NPR, will report from Kiev, Ukraine, on the presidential elections in the Ukraine. Green's wife, Rose Previte, is the daughter of Peter and Jeanne Previte of Ada. Jeanne Previte owns Jeanne's Kitchen on Vine Street, Bluffton.

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People
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1-13-10 Ice on the National

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2010 - 8:42pm
1-13-10 Ice on the National

JACK FROST AT WORK

While many of us find Jack Frost's work on their vehicles on most winter mornings, Jack is alway busy elsewhere. This photo may surprise you. It's an enlargement of ice that has formed on the surface of the National Quarry.

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Jan. 18 Bluffton benefit lunch assists New Orleans group

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2010 - 6:02pm

A Martin Luther King Day benefit lunch, with all proceeds going to the Fight Back Center, New Orleans, La., is planned from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, at the First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

Tickets at the door are $10 for adults, $5 for youth under 12 and free for pre-school youth, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick.

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Worship
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Daniel Hughes speaks at ML King event Jan. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2010 - 5:43pm
Daniel Hughes

Daniel Hughes of Bluffton is the featured speaker of the Bluffton Inter Church Board's Martin Luther King Day celebration. The event is Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

A community meal is at 6 p.m. The King program follows the meal. Both are open to the public.

Hughes will give a tribute to King with a speech Crossing Over Into the Promised Land.

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Worship
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Library board sets monthly meetings

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2010 - 5:20pm

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library has set its meeting schedule for 2010. Board meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Riley Room. No meetings will be held in July or December.

Meetings dates are:

Tuesday, Jan. 26

Tuesday, Feb. 23

Tuesday, March 23

Tuesday, April 27

Tuesday, May 25

Tuesday, June 22

Tuesday, Aug. 24

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Tuesday, Oct. 26

Tuesday, Nov. 23

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Regional news
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Francis D. Nusbaum 1918-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 13, 2010 - 5:12pm
Francis Nusbaum

Francis D. Nusbaum, 91 of Pandora died at 12:40 a.m. at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born April 23, 1918 in Pandora to Gideon and Rose Haas Nusbaum. On Sept. 4, 1938 he married Grace Genevieve Sheidler and she died Oct. 14, 1998.

Mr. Nusbaum was a long time member of the Riley Creek and Pandora United Methodist churches. Francis and Genevieve owned and operated a grain and beef cattle farm in Riley Township For 45 years before retiring in 1990.

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Obituaries
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