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Dr. Jonathan Andreas, an associate professor of economics at Bluffton University, will discuss “An Economics Blogosphere Internship” in a campus colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.

After a one-year absence fireworks will light up Bluffton’s nighttime sky as a pre-Fourth of July weekend celebration.

Bluffton fireworks, presented by First National Bank and Springfield Fireworks, Bluffton, a production of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, takes place the evening of Saturday, June 28, in the outdoor athletic field area of Bluffton University at the corner of Bentley and Augsburger roads.

The chamber is currently seeking donations from area businesses, industries, organizations and individuals to help support the fireworks.

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO), Bluffton, celebrated the end of a 10-month renovation project at the Mennonite Memorial Home campus’s main building with a ribbon cutting and open house on Feb. 23.

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Nearly 100 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the Transition to Home Rehabilitation Center that the $1 million project provided.  The new Transition to Home program will focus on patients with short-term rehabilitative needs.

Icon viewers are invited to join a yarn circle with Kimberly Hansen of Etsy’s YarinCozy. The event is at 6:45 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Bluffton Public Library.

Beginning to advanced knitters and crocheters are welcome. Please bring your own material. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Pleasant View United Methodist Church, 300 Township Road 37, Bluffton, will hold a soup lunch benefit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, March 1, at the church. Donations go to the Amy Gallant Linaberry Cancer Benefit.

The menu includes soup, break, dessert and drinks. For more information contact Cindy Lichtle, 419-358-1250.

Bluffton Powerlifting club recently competed in the Kenton Invitational. Bluffton earned two first places and two second places. The team had a total of 5,755 pounds lifted, according to Kelly Prichard, coach.

Here are results from that meet:

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