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Two members of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Association will receive lifetime memberships during the Monday, March 9 noon potluck. Both women turn 90 in March. They are Martha Amstutz and Treva Kinsinger.

The potluck will feature Mike Bastian performing on the harmonica. Mary Hofstetter is the master of ceremonies and Bev Painter and friends are the hostesses.

Several other events take place in March at the Senior Center. Open the attachment at the bottom of this story to view those events.

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Although the temperature reached a high of 32 degrees on February 22, the last day above freezing was February 11, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

High temperatures in the past week stuck mostly in the teens while daily lows were often in negative territory.

The image at the right of this story reveals the daily February weather summaries.

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What's your favorite soup?

Henry’s, Ottawa, providing baked potato soup, won this year’s Maple Crest Senior Living Village of Bluffton, soup cook-off.

Second place was Luke’s Bar and Grill, Bluffton, with tomato basil Parmesan bisque soup. Third place was Apollo Career Center, Lima, with cream cheese chicken chili soup.

Others soup entries were from Bluffton Hospital, Common Grounds of Bluffton, Touches from the Heart of Ottawa, and W.g. Grinders of Lima.

Over 150 persons attended and cast ballots for their favorite soup.

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Jerry Burkholder serves dessert to Corrine Boehr during the Feb. 19 Maple Crest soup cook-off. Over 150 persons attended. Henry's of Ottawa was this year's winner. Luke's Bar and Grill was second and Apollo Career Center, third.

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Several Bluffton University students heard stories of nonviolence from an unlikely felon and explored peacemaking methods to build a bridge between faiths at this year’s Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference.

Held at Hesston (Kan.) College from Feb. 13-15, the conference focused on “Overcoming Evil: Ordinary People Making a Difference.” It featured seminars discussing ways to overcome evil with good by following Jesus’ example of peace, as well as a keynote lecture by the Rev. John Dear, a peace advocate and Nobel Prize nominee.

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Who will it be?

The Bluffton Lions Club seeks nominees for the 2014 citizen of the year.

The award was established in 1981. It honors a person, couple or someone representing a group who has selflessly given time, effort and talent for the benefit of those in the Bluffton area and whose dedication and achievements have profoundly improved the quality of life of the people of the area.

The nominee may be living or deceased (within the last year). The winner will be honored at a banquet on Tuesday, April 21.

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