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China on fast economic track to uncertain future: Bluffton professor

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2010 - 3:51am

Two centuries ago, China and India combined to produce 50 percent of the world's gross domestic product. After 200 years of political and economic turbulence-including ongoing, rapid economic development since the 1980s-China has returned to prominence, with the second-ranked GDP globally and a 9 percent share of the worldwide total.

The Chinese are well aware of their standing, too, says Dr. George Lehman, the Howard Raid professor of business at Bluffton University, who saw change in China firsthand for two weeks in June.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton trustees applaud strategic plan, new programs; approve sabbaticals

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2010 - 3:49am

"Looking back, looking forward" was the focus of the Nov. 11-13 fall meeting of the Bluffton University Board of Trustees, which accepted the final report of the university's 2006-10 strategic plan and began discussion of the next generation of the university's strategic plan and long-term vision during a daylong planning workshop that preceded the regular meetings.

"The board's focused review and planning activities provided an opportunity to gain some larger perspectives on the university," Bluffton president Dr. James M. Harder observed.

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Bluffton University
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Corn cob

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 24, 2010 - 3:42am

Here's a creative plate. The Icon spotted it on North Main Street.

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Regional news
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In a few days...

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 23, 2010 - 10:32pm
In a few days...

Bluffton's Blaze of Lights is Saturday. For the complete schedule click. For parade line up click. For info on the parade marshals click here.

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Ohio gun season runs Nov. 29 to Dec. 5

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 23, 2010 - 5:19pm

Photo and story by Joshua D. Stallings, Icon intern

As you walk outside with a cup of coffee, a frosty breeze hits your face and chills go down your spine as the trek for the morning paper begins. The rising sun sits on the fence slowly melting the frost off the dying grass.

For some, the morning started long before the sun was up. And instead of slippers and a robe, these people are wearing blaze orange and camouflage. Fall in northwest Ohio brings another season with it: Whitetail deer season.

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People
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Thelma M. (Welty) Bowersox 1927-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 23, 2010 - 12:52pm
Thelma Bowersox

Thelma M. (Welty) Bowersox, 83, of Bluffton, formerly of Mt. Cory, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at the Bridge Hospice Center in Blanchard Valley Hospital.

She was born on Aug. 24, 1927, in Pandora, Ohio, to the late Levi and Golda (Doty) Welty. On June 11, 1948, she married Robert Bowersox at St. John's Mennonite Church in Pandora and they recently celebrated 62 years of marriage.

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