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Spiritual Life Week speaker challenged community to ‘love your neighbor’

Posted by Staff on November 3, 2023 - 6:00am

By Tricia Bell
Photo by Alison King

2007 Bluffton University alumnus David Glick returned to campus the week of Oct. 22, 2023, for fall Spiritual Life Week. Now pastor of student ministries at Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Glick provided the Forum and Chapel messages and worked with students as they explored John 15:5 and the theme “Be Rooted.”

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Bluffton University
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Watercolor Workshop: “Perched in Birch”

Posted by Staff on November 3, 2023 - 6:00am

Register at the library or call 419-348-5016.

The Bluffton Public Library’s November watercolor workshop will have the theme “Perched in Birch.” Participants can complete the workshop on November 9 or 16 at 5:30-7:15 p.m. (Continues.)

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Bluffton Public Library
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Letter: Here's what the Bluffton Food Pantry needs

Posted by Staff on November 3, 2023 - 6:00am

Bluffton Food Pantry volunteer Nancy Yeager get questions. What does the pantry need? Here's her answer for November 2023.

The supplies for the Food Pantry have been excellent throughout the summer, but now some help is needed.  The holidays are already bringing in supplies, which is so uplifting. Questions have been asked about what would be helpful to supply the shelves, so here are suggestions.

Personal items:  

  • Soft soaps
  • Lotions
  • Deodorants  (men's and women's)
  • Toothpaste and toothbrushes
  • Toilet paper, paper towels, napkins

Food:

  • Hamburger helper
  • Tuna helper 
  • Canned meats and tuna

(Continues.)

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Letters
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Mizusawa Daiichi High School students and teacher learn about life in Bluffton

Posted by Paula Scott on November 3, 2023 - 6:00am

Photos and Q&A with student visitors from Japan

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In late September 2023, eight Japanese students and their teacher Shinobu Kumagai visited the Bluffton Schools as part of the 30th annual Grassroots Summit, the largest exchange of private citizens between the United States and Japan. 

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People
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Alan James Gratz served in the U.S. Army

Posted by Staff on November 2, 2023 - 3:19pm

Alan James Gratz, 88, passed away November 1, 2023, at Bridge Hospice Care Center.

Alan was born June 11, 1935 in Bluffton, OH, to Omer and Wanda (Lora) Gratz who preceded him in death. On June 8, 1958 he married Sue Rager Gratz who survives.

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Obituaries
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Our House: Blood Pressure

Posted by Staff on November 2, 2023 - 1:39pm

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

Our House was recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and released on their Déjà Vu album in 1970.  Nash wrote the song after eating breakfast with Joni Mitchell and returning to her Los Angeles home. He went to Joni’s piano and the song just flowed in a short period of time.  The song has been used in various commercials, TV shows, and movies such as Kenmore appliances, My Girl 2, and How I Met Your Mother.

Our house is a very good place to measure blood pressure (BP) to reduce the risk of heart disease!

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Health Services
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