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Dwaine Francis Amstutz 1922-2011

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2011 - 4:21am
Dewayne Amstutz

Dewane Francis Amstutz, 88, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at his home in Grangeville, Idaho.

Dwaine and his twin brother Wayne were born in Bluffton, Ohio, to Benjamin and Naomi Amstutz on Aug. 30, 1922. When he was 4 years old his mother died and in 1931 his father was remarried to Elma Diller.

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Obituaries
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University baseball Coach Grandey earns win #100 in 7-2 victory at Defiance

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 22, 2011 - 3:42am

The Bluffton University baseball team scored in just one inning, but a seven-run eighth was all the Beavers needed to take down Defiance on Thursday, April 21, 2011. Bluffton improved to 13-17 overall and 5-10 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance fell to 5-25 on the season and 1-14 in the HCAC.

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Bluffton University
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Cultural experience

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2011 - 9:33pm
Cultural experience

Andrew Bertka (left), a Bluffton fourth grader, gets a grip on chopsticks under the watchful eye of one of the Japanese students who came from Findlay to Bluffton to share their culture. Picking up a marshmallow to add to the collection on the plate is Seth Andreas.

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Jim Elwood goes home with $10,000; here are the other winners of this year's Boosters' reverse raffle

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2011 - 9:16pm

Jim Elwood went home from the Bluffton High School Athletic Boosters' reverse raffle on April 15 with $10,000 in his wallet.

While his entry was picked as drawing number 300, the last of the evening, several other players went home happy, too.

The final nine of the raffle follow:

Tina Anderson, number 299, won $2,000; Tom Bassett, number 298, won $1,000; Ben Sehlhorst, 297, $750; Ken Lugibihl, 296, $500; John Dailey, 295, $500; Ben Reineke, 294, $200; Heidi Wise, 293, $200; Scott Garmatter, 292, $200; and Randy Matter, 291, $200.

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People
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A dose of Japanese culture and a gift of $570 for disaster relief

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2011 - 5:27pm

Fourth graders from Bluffton Elementary School got a dose of Japanese culture on April 19. But they also gave in return-$570 that they raised in just over a week is being donated to Mennonite Central Committee for disaster relief in Japan.

Making the donation is Louise Matthews, director of Bluffton University's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, in honor of the "Children to Children" program that 22 Japanese children on spring break from Findlay City Schools brought to their Bluffton peers at a meeting on the university campus.

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Bluffton University
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Inside painting continues at Bluffton Hospital construction site

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 21, 2011 - 3:53am

Progress continues on the Bluffton Hospital construction project. Here's the latest report on work being completed.

Last Week:

Outside:

The plumbing was able to make the final switch to the new water supply system. On Thursday morning, the fire sprinkler system was switched to the new system and, at the same time, the gas system was switched over.

The designers were also able to resolve some elevation problems so that driveway grading can continue.

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Regional news
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