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Bluffton's farmers' market opens for the season on Saturday A.M.

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 5:27pm

Can~Ac^a'not^a"ct you just taste the strawberries, the jams, the rolls, and smell the flowers? The eighth season of Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs popular farmer~Ac^a'not^a"cs market prepares for opening day, Saturday, May 1, according to Peter Previte, unofficial chair of this favorite Bluffton pastime.

This year~Ac^a'not^a"cs market will take place in its familiar location ~Ac^a'not^aEURoe the parking lot between Citizens National Bank and the post office. The market opens at 8:30 a.m. and runs until noon, no matter the weather conditions, from May 1 to the final Saturday in October.

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Bluffton encircled by a bike path? This dream may become a reality

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 4:49pm

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern
A bikepath and walkway completely encircling Bluffton? Maybe. Eventually. The Bluffton council official launched a Pathway Steering Committee focus on that reality on April 28. The group will begin to meet and discuss the long-term plans and logistics of constructing a bike and pedestrian pathway throughout and around the village of Bluffton.

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Public Meetings
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Bluffton host to watershed meeting May 19; volunteers needed

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 4:34pm

The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership's May meeting will be held in Bluffton, according to Nancy Benroth, member of the partnership and assistant village administrator.

The meeting is at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, in the Community Room of the town hall (third floor). According to Benroth, "The Partnership is gearing up to monitor the Riley Creek. Volunteers are desperately needed to assist in this project."

Persons interested in more information may contact Benroth or attend the meeting.

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Regional news
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University launches new opportunities in social work and health care fields

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 4:23pm

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Bluffton University
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Roger Basinger 1933 -2010

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 12:59pm

Roger L. Basinger, 77, of Pandora, Ohio, died at 5:45 a.m., April 27, 2010, at St. Rita~Ac^a'not^a"cs Medical Center Lima.

He was born March 2, 1933, in Pandora to Alvan and Mary Lora Basinger, On Dec. 18, 1960, he married Jan Herr and she survives.

Mr. Basinger retired from CSX Railroad after 43 years. He was a member of the Rufus Putnam Masonic Lodge 364, Columbus Grove, Moose Lodge 199, Lima, and Elks Lodge 75, Findlay. He was a 1951 graduate of Pandora High School.

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Obituaries
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Ebenezer Mennonite Church children's choir musical May 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 27, 2010 - 10:11am

Ebenezer Mennonite Church children's choir, Disciple Singers, will present a spring musical "GPS (God's Plan of Salvation)" Sunday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at the church. The story is about a girl named Ariel and her friends as Ariel takes her driver's license test on the Holy Highway. She learns a few lessons the hard way and perseveres and learns that with Jesus Christ in her life, the road of obedience leads to the throne of God.

Choir members

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Worship
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