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15 minutes with Mary Catherine Bixel Waltner (aka Bix)

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 6:22pm
Mary Bixel Waltner

Hey, I never knew your middle name. Where did you go to college?
I graduated in 1968 from Bluffton High School and had no idea what I wanted for my life I just knew I needed to get out of Bluffton. I had heard about Freeman Jr. College through a student of my father's at BC and decided that's where I wanted to go. I majored in music and Tim, my husband, who I met there, with a general education degree. Our intent was to finish college but, unfortunately it never happened.

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Bluffton scholar urges transformed immigration debate

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 5:39pm

People and their lives should become the focus of the ongoing debate about immigration, Bluffton University's 2009-10 Civic Engagement Scholar argued in a March 16 presentation to a campus audience.

Dr. Paul Neufeld Weaver, assistant professor of education, cited the case of Ad'an, a friend who applied for political asylum in the United States after fleeing Guatemala in 1985.

Twenty-five years later, the case is still unresolved, Weaver said, noting the need to find a compromise to fix "a system that's completely broken" and get people like Ad'an out of limbo.

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University "Shining Through" tours east coast during spring break

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 5:33pm

Bluffton music ministry comes 'Shining Through' on spring-break tour
The 20 Bluffton University undergraduates who comprise Shining Through, a music ministry team, contributed to the Haiti earthquake relief effort during their spring break.

Among the stops on the team's 10-day tour through North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania was the Mennonite Central Committee Material Resource Center, an Akron, Pa., site where items are collected to send to people in need overseas.

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Easter egg hunt Saturday at Mennonite Memorial Home

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 5:11pm

The Easter Bunny and some of the McDonaldland characters plan on making a stop at this year's Easter egg hunt at the Mennonite Memorial Home.

This year's event is at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 27, at the MMH, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

Children ages 8 and under are welcome to come, hunt for hidden eggs, register for prizes, gift baskets, and have their pictures taken with the characters. Doughnuts and refreshments will be provided.

Don't be late, the eggs go quickly.

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Easter floral design class March 31

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 5:06pm

Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, will host a floral design class at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 31.

Doug Smith, from Town and Country Florist, will showi participants how to make an Easter Bunny centerpiece from fresh flowers. The class will be held at 604 Crimson Maple Court.

Space is limited, to reserve your spot call Julie Stratton at 419-369-4715.

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Junior high musicians earn superiors and excellents

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2010 - 9:17am

Several Bluffton junior high students earned superiors and excellents at the March 20 solo and ensemble contact. Results follow:
Superiors (I ratings)
Julian Harnish, piano
Julian Harnish, oboe
Lauren Yost, piano
Lauren Yost, clarinet
Emily Sycks, piano
Andrew Hoff, baritone
Rachel Woodruff, piano
Emily Sycks, violin
Jacob Bishop, violin
Kyle Kahle, violin
Mouret String Quintet (Kyle Kahle, Rachel Woodruff, Pamela Fischbach, Landon Cluts, John McCall)

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