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Jane Sycks BHS student of the month

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 10:24am

Jane Sycks, Bluffton High School junior, is the March BHS student of the month.

Jane is active in drama club, BHS jazz band, pep band, show choir, chamber choir, concert choir, marching and concert band. She is also a member of the Bluffton High School National Honor Society. She is also in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church youth group and church choir.

Jane is the daughter of Dave and Linda Sycks, 10050 Rockport Road. She hopes to pursue music as a career.

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Businesses invited to have employees dress in period costumes for sesquicentennial

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 7:28am

During the sesquicentennial week, June 24 to July 2, the Bluffton sesquicentennial planning committee is inviting business owners to encourage their employees to dress in old-fashioned clothing. These may represent any past decade.

Businesses are also encouraged to have their windows decorated. Keith Sommer is one contact for businesses interested in displaying historic items. He may be contacted at either 419-384-3412 or 419-236-9154.

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BFR begins late spring session of youth programs

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 6:24am

Registration is now open for the upcoming youth programs through BFR Sports & Fitness.

Youth sport options include:

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Hungarian musicians perform April 20 in Town Hall Series

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 6:10am
Katalin Benno and Balazs Nagy

Respected instrument maker and performing artist Bal'azs Nagy and bandmate Katalin Benno from Budapest, Hungary, will appear in at the Bluffton Town Hall Concert Series at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20.

A soup supper at 6 p.m., will launch the event. Events are on the third floor of the town hall. Admission is free; donations are accepted.

The performances will feature Hungarian folk, Medieval, and Renaissance music on the hurdy gurdy, a mechanized wheeled, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick of the village cultural affairs committee.

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Trace of snow one day; 65 degrees the next afternoon

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 6:03am

Can you guess that it's April? Trace of snow one day; 65 degrees the next day. Here's the daily weather summary for the past seven days according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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St. John's UCC celebrates Christian humor on May 1

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2011 - 5:54am

St. John's United Church of Christ will observe Bright Sunday on May 1 (Holy humor Sunday), according to Rev. Carol Clements, pastor of the congregation.

"We at St. John's United Church of Christ, along with many other congregations around the world, recognize the important, but often overlooked, sacred gifts of laughter and joy," she said.

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