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1-29-10 Garage sale season in January

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 9:49pm
1-29-10 Garage sale season in January

GARAGE SALE SEASON IS HERE!

Well, perhaps just the Bluffton Senior Citizens annual winter garage sale. The sale started on Friday and concludes Saturday. The Senior Center on North Main Street is lined with tables of all sorts of items ready to be purchased and taken home. Here is a scene from the event on Friday. To view all featured photos from previous home pages click here.

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You bet, it's in the hospital parking lot

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 5:05pm
MEL RN 77

It's a certain bet. Drive around the Bluffton Hospital parking lot and you are bound to find some interesting license plates. Take this one for example, Do you suppose "MEL" is a registered nurse born in 1976?

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Regional news
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Chili on a chilly night

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 5:00pm
Girl Scouts from Bluffton Troop 9

This year Bluffton Girl Scout Troop 8 has been working on creating a healthy after school cookbook. At every Girl Scout meeting, the troop members have been cooking and devouring some healthy snacks. To kickoff the beginning of selling its new cookbook, Troop 8 cooked a chili dinner t sold at Common Grounds on Jan. 29.

Click on the photo to enlarge it.

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People
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Feb. 15 deadline for tickets to Transport for Christ banquet

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 1:30pm

Transport for Christ (TFC) will host its annual banquet Friday, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m., at Marbeck Center, Bluffton University. Doors open at 6 p.m. Reservations are necessary by Feb. 15. Contact Dave Lugibihl, 419-230-3294 or Nancy Spallinger, 419-296-0360 to make reservations, or to make a donation.

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Worship
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University launches Mediation Works! project with $10,000 grant

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 1:13pm

Bluffton University will introduce Mediation Works! - A Public Awareness and Education Project at the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12. The meeting is held in the third floor of the town hall. To RSVP for the breakfast e-mail: [email protected]

Mediation Works! This is the message of Bluffton University's new project to help educate the regional community about Bluffton's mediation program.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton University spring enrollment up; best in several years

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 29, 2010 - 1:09pm

Bluffton University's spring enrollment figures are now official. This spring, 1,086 students are enrolled compared to 1,055 last year. The spring semester enrollment is the best in several years and is due in part to 35 new traditional students starting this spring. In addition, graduate student enrollment sets a new record with 130 students.

"Bluffton is very gratified to experience such a strong spring semester enrollment during this challenging economic time," said Dr. Eric Fulcomer, vice president for enrollment management and student life.

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Bluffton University
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