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Kids shop for 25 cents Saturday at Et Cetera

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 7, 2010 - 5:54am

All you need is a quarter.

Kid's shopping day at Et Cetera Shop, 111 S. Main St., is Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, according to Chrissy Lugibihl, shop manager.

"For youth grades kindergarten through sixth grade, ever gift you buy on Saturday is 25 cents, no matter what the price tag states," says Lugibihl. There is a limit of 10 gifts per child.Clerks will assist children with finding gifts if needed.

"Parents, we invite you to shop in Ten Thousand Villages or Book Reviews while you wait," she said.

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roof installation nearly complete at hospital

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 7, 2010 - 5:46am

The work continues. Here's an update on projects underway this week at the Bluffton Hospital.

New Emergency Department

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Choirs perform during Dec. 8 senior citizens breakfast

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 6, 2010 - 4:13am

The Bluffton High Schooll choirs will entertain senior citizens this week. The performances will be during the 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 8, senior citizen breakfast. The event is at the middle school cafetorium and is free and open to all senior citizens in the Bluffton school district.

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Window art

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2010 - 7:09pm
Window art

Brianna Laing (right) and Stacey Michel (left) paint a picture of a boy sledding. The two BHS Art Club members painted the scene on the BHS library window.

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Chamber prints "Bluffton Quick Guide" for visitors

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2010 - 7:04pm

A Bluffton quick guide. That's the name of the new three-fold full-color flier distributed over the weekend to Bluffton businesses from the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

The first run of the guide included a printing of 2,000 copies from Boehr Print. Those copies are now in nearly 50 Bluffton businesses all the way from the Interstate area to Main Street.

The guide in intended to help out-of-town visitors become acquainted with the community. It lists places to eat, places to stay, services available and things to do, and places to browse in Bluffton.

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Boyd Leon Clapper 1912-2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2010 - 1:24pm
Boyd Leon Clapper

Boyd Leon Clapper, 98, of Ada, died 10:20 a.m. Dec. 4, 2010 at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.

He was born April 12, 1912, in Paw Paw, Michigan, to Boyd and Edith Brown Clapper who preceded him in death. On Feb. 23, 1941 he married Phoebe Wilkins Clapper and had been married 69 years.

His family moved to Orange Township, Hancock County when he was 7 years old. He was a graduate of Ada High School in the class of 1930.

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