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Siferd, Grosse, Whitlow newest chamber board members

Three persons joined the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors on Feb. 11. The three are:

o Sally Siferd, Bluffton University
o James Grosse, Cellular Central
o Tammy Whitlow, Colonial Surface Solutions

These three replace Mandy Kinn, Julia Szabo and Judy Augsburger, whose terms expired Dec. 31, 2010.

Each new member is in the first year of a three-year term, from Jan. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2013.

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Student senate presidential candidate answers questions in Forum

Forum to feature Student Senate presidential candidate

Samantha Lawrence, a Bluffton University junior from Harrod, and the lone candidate for Student Senate president for 2011-12, will answer student questions during a Bluffton Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Founders Hall.

Lawrence will address pre-submitted questions and take others from students at the event, which is free and open to the public. Serving as moderator will be Rudi Kauffman, assistant professor of restorative justice.

Eighth graders visit Apollo

Eighth graders visit Apollo

Morgan Conner and Alexandria Schmutz, Bluffton eighth graders, try out some of the skills students learn in the Apollo Career Center Cosmetology program. Bluffton eighth graders visited Apollo on Thursday

Village of Pandora committee assignments for 2011 set

Mayoral appointments for 2011 were announced at the Jan. 2 Village of Pandora council meeting. Those appointments follow:

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Bluffton Lions newsletter available to Icon viewers

The Bluffton Lions Club February newsletter is available for Icon viewers. To read the newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Superintendent waiting for new Ohio governor to reveal school funding plans

"In the next few months we will know more from the new governor on his plan to fund schools over the next two years," writes Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent, in the winter school district newsletter released to residents of the school district this week.

Denecker's first-page column added that what we currently know is that the State of Ohio will be looking to save around $5 to $8 billion depending on which estimate is used for the state budget projections.

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