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Bluffton visits Tokai Rubber Co., in China

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 4:50pm

Chad Kinnear, a member of the Bluffton University delegation to China, visits with workers at Tokai Rubber Co. Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. To read the story about the Bluffton trip to China, click here.

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Berne, Indiana, Swiss Days in late July

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 4:27pm

Berne, Ind., Swiss Days are planned for Thursday through Sunday, July 29 to Aug. 1. The Berne and Bluffton communities have several things in common including personal relationships among several families and many common ancestors in Switzerland.

Brochures on the Berne event are available at the Bluffton Public Library. Persons wanting additional information may check www.berneswissdays.com

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Events
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Rally Point River Ride Aug. 21

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 2:27pm

A Rally Point River (bike) Ride is set for Saturday, Aug. 21, at Ottawa Metro Park, 2632 Ada Road, Lima, according to Jared Diller of Rally Point Youth Center.

Bike ride options include 50-mile, 100-mile or a 20-mile family route. The event includes a free recovery massage, refreshment stops, lunch with live music and sag wagon service.

"Your entry fee goes to support Rally Point Youth Center, a much needed resource for the Lima area," said Diller.

Individuals who sign-up by Aug. 14 pay $30 (family $75); after Aug. 14, $35 or family $80).

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Worship
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Week's high-low temps resemble basketball scores

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 1:02pm

Basketball anyone?

Looking at the daily high and daily low temperature for the past seven days, it would appear that Mother Nature is playing a game of basketball. See for yourself:

Date High Temp. Low Temp. Prec.

July 13 85 66

July 14 89 65

July 15 91 71 trace

July 16 89 71

July 17 91 66

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Regional news
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Can't say enough good about the staff and facilities of Blanchard Valley Hospital

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 12:54pm

Icon viewers:
This is just a note of praise for Blanchard Valley Hospital. I'm amazed that some people go off to some "big city" for surgery and/or treatment, when we have the very best right here in Bluffton and Findlay, at the Blanchard Valley Hospital association.

I have just finished going through cardiac rehabilitation at BVH, and I can't say enough good about the staff and facilities right here in Findlay.

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Letters
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Bluffton MBA group gets look at business in China

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 20, 2010 - 12:45pm
Bluffton University delegation on the Great Wall

Chad Kinnear is a sales engineer for Latrobe, Pa.-based Kennametal Inc., covering much of northwest and west central Ohio from his home in Lima. For two weeks in June, though, he had a rare opportunity to see how his company, a supplier of metal-cutting tools, does business on the other side of the world.

Kinnear, who is pursuing a master of business administration degree at Bluffton University, was among the eight members of a delegation that represented the university on a study tour of China.

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Bluffton University
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