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Living in Switzerland, writing books

Lucinda Stratton, a 1968 Bluffton High School graduate, living in Switzerland, recently finished her fifth book in her Hardy Durkin Travel Mystery series.

The book titled Engadine Aerie, set in the Engadine Valley, Switzerland, will be released in April.

Stratton’s previous works include: Corsican Justice, Abruzzo Intrigue, Dalmatian Traffick, and Black Forest Reckoning.

Here are portions of a very interesting Icon e-mail interview with Stratton:

Bluffton University students are on spring break. This photo, taken last week, shows two students in Marbeck as spring slowly appears outdoors.

March 7, 2017
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

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Orders accepted until March 17

The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., Bluffton, is taking orders for its spring sausage sale, according to Marlena Ballinger.

“Our sausage is made on site from family recipes,” she said. “It has no nitrates, additives or preservatives.”

At $2.29 per pound sausage is available in:
• Bulk sausage
• Fresh sausage links
• Bratwurst
• Kielbasa

Orders must be placed by Friday, March 17. Pick up dates are later in March.

To order call 419-369-4264 or visit www.doughook.com

Saturday mornings from March 25 to April 29

Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting registration for a volleyball camp for youth in fourth, fifth and sixth grades, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.

The camp is held at BFR from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturdays from March 25 to April 29. Registration may be made online at www.bfronline.com

Camp costs are $50 for non-members and $40 for BFR members. The deadline to register is Wednesday, March 22.

For more information contact BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, or call 419-358-4150.

Engaging students in better understanding of community needs in Lima

Dr. J. Walter Paquin, associate professor of social work, will present the Colloquium "Classrooms, Community and Coffee” on March 17.
 
His presentation is free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
 
The presentation will focus on finding ways to engage students in better understanding community needs in Lima, Ohio. Paquin will highlight a new approach he took this fall to keep social work students in Allen County for their community practice.
 

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