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Harry and Dorothy Ream stand in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn inviting you to look at this year's Blaze of Lights display.

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Rikki Unterbrink, former youth services coordinator at Bluffton Public Library, is among four librarians who are national recipients of the 2014 Penguin Young Readers Group Award, presented by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC). Unterbrink is now on the staff of Amos Memorial Library, Sidney.

She is recipient of a stipend worth up to $600, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, which enables her to attend an American Library Association’s Annual Conference.

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Claude F. Boyer, 84, of Bluffton died at 5:50 a.m., Dec. 17, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Aug. 2, 1929, in Quakertown, Pa., to the late Marcus and Reda Meck Boyer. On June 29, 1952, he married Mary Maust and she survives.

Boyoer was a retired Mennonite minister. He served at Deep Run Mennonite Church, Bedminster, Pa., First Mennonite Church, Sugarcreek, First Mennonite Church, Reedley, Calif., and Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora.

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“Ghostlands,” a multimedia exhibition that explores landscape art, will open Jan. 6 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.

Featuring the work of Ian Breidenbach and Landon Crowell, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Jan. 26. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12.

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Ken Heffner, director of student activities at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will reflect on the relationship between the church and popular culture in a Bluffton University forum Jan. 7.

Speaking at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, he will address “Why should we care about Arcade Fire? A Christian approach to popular culture.” His presentation is free and open to the public.

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When was the last time Bluffton High School boys defeated Wapakoneta in basketball? Perhaps the early 1950s?

The Pirates beat the Western Buckeye League opponents 57-41 at Bluffton on Tuesday. After leading 16-11 after one quarter and 21-18 at half, Bluffton extended its lead to 36-29 after three before pulling away in the final period.

Levi Kistler of Bluffton led all scorers tonight with 16 points. Both team's box scores are attachments at the bottom of this story.

 

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