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AARP offers free tax preparation for area senior citizens

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2011 - 12:41pm

The American Association of Retired People (AARP) will offer free income tax assistance this winter at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, according to Tonya Myer, center director.

The service is offered each Thursday from Feb. 3 to April 7. While the service is free appointments are needed. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. each Thursday.

Meyer said that senior citizens must call 419-358-8971 for an appointment.

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Dr. Lisa Schirch gives Bluffton's Keeney Peace Lecture

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2011 - 12:28pm

Dr. Lisa Schirch, a professor of peacebuilding and founding director of the 3D Security Initiative at Eastern Mennonite University's graduate Center for Justice & Peacebuilding, will deliver Bluffton University's Keeney Peace Lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 25.

Free and open to the public, her Bluffton Forum presentation, "Building Security from the Ground Up: How a Mennonite works with the U.S. military and Iraqi and Afghan community leaders to rethink U.S. strategy," will begin at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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5 Myles High - now you may hear them on The Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2011 - 6:30am

One of Bluffton's talents is music. But you already know that. We have a women's choir, several church choirs, school and university musical organizations, a couple street musicians in the summer. You get the idea. There's every sound in Bluffton from Bach to (fill in the latest popular group here).

Then, there's Bluffton's own 5 Myles High. It's a group including Krysti Schey, piano, Phil Schey, bass, Myles Bowers, trumpet and Sean McNeal, drums.

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Iconoclast View
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BVHS offering pain management seminar

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2011 - 5:43am

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) is offering a "Picture a Life with Less Pain" pain management seminar Wednesday, Feb. 2 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Marathon Auditorium at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay.

The seminar is for men and women who want to learn how to live, work and play while minimizing pain.

This event will include physicians and professionals speaking about:

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Events
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60 years combined experience

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 16, 2011 - 9:36pm
60 years combined experience

Lawrence Matthews (left) and Larry Kinn were both recognized for 30 years of service during Bluffton University's faculty-staff recognition dinner on Jan. 16.

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January school calendars available; elementary newsletter also available

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 16, 2011 - 5:13pm

January is a busy month for Bluffton school students. Here's the calendars for each building.

Click here for elementary calendar.

The January elementary newsletter may be opened as an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Click here for middle school calendar.

Click here for high school calendar.

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Public Meetings
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