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No school today

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2011 - 8:07am
No school today

School cancelled

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Bluffton Hospital ranks higher than state and national averages in patient satisfaction

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2011 - 5:17am

Bluffton Hospital has received high scores in the latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction survey.

The most recent HCAHPS survey results show that 87 percent of responding patients gave Bluffton Hospital an overall rating of '9' or '10' (on a scale where '0' was the lowest score and '10' was the highest).

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Regional news
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What's showing at the Carma?

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2011 - 4:23am

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What's on at the Carma Theater? Looks like the laugh riot of the year. Which leads to the question, what is the year. Based upon the yellow and black license plates, the year is 1971. The photo is taken from the steps of the Bluffton post office. Hey, is that Joe's Pizza on the west side of the street? Paul Diller took this photo. It is from the Jim Diller collection.

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Historical Bluffton
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Tweet, tweet!

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 8:24pm
Tweet, tweet!

Let's focus on spring, shall we? Here's one way to focus: simply watch the birds in the Mennonite Home aviary. It may not get you to March 20, but it's a start.

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And honeymoon is in Ireland, of course

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 4:51pm

Let's get married on St. Patrick's Day in downtown Bluffton.

Could this be the beginning of a trend...downtown Bluffton as a place to get married?

We understand that Timothy L. Mullens, of Sevierville, Tenn., and Heidi Harrington also of Sevierville, are going downtown Bluffton to get hitched.

Heidi is an art education graduate from Bluffton University. Tim attended ONU.

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Iconoclast View
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Last Supper should be first on food consumers' minds

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2011 - 4:25pm

The Last Supper should be the focus of every meal we prepare and consume, according to the keynote speaker at a Bluffton University-hosted conference on ethical food production.

"Our meals should be framed around the supper of the lamb," said Ragan Sutterfield, speaking Feb. 19 at the Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference. His session on "The Supper of the Lamb: Learning to Eat at God's Table" was the last of three he addressed during the weekend event.

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Bluffton University
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