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After a week of cancellations, delays and rescheduling, it appears that life is getting back to normal in Bluffton. Here's the calendar of events taking place at Bluffton High School.

The Bluffton Lions Club is sponsoring a pancake/sausage breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Middle School cafeteria. 

"The Lions are encouraging all ages to attend. A donation for the meal will be received at the door. This will go toward projects provided by the Lions throughout the community. We also will offer a free breakfast to student athletes who will be accompanied by an adult," Barbara Plaugher of the Lions informed The Icon.

The student of the month at Bluffton High School for December is Emma Woodruff. She is a 4.00 junior at BHS.

Her parents are David and Margaret Woodruff of Bluffton.

Emma is a member of Student Senate, Math Club, Latin Club, Yearbook, Lima Area Youth Orchestra, Marching, Pep and Concert Bands, National Honor Society, is an S.O.S. Tutor for Bluffton Elementary Students, and is a member of Early Morning Seminary. She attends the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

American companies are discovering benefits to bringing some jobs back to the United States, according to Dr. George Lehman, chair of Bluffton University’s business studies division.

Lehman discussed factors that contribute to the appeal of “insourcing” in a global economy Jan. 10 in his annual lecture as the Raid Endowed Chair in business. The title honors the late Howard Raid, a Bluffton business professor from 1947-79.

Anabaptist martyrs and Africans enslaved in early America may not have much in common, but there is at least one similarity, two Hesston College faculty members stressed Jan. 14 at Bluffton University.

In a forum titled “Common Threads,” Hesston historian John Sharp emphasized that the two groups had a “shared experience of suffering,” which was endured “at the hand of legitimate authorities.”

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