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The Service Group of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) is selling fall flower bulbs as a fundraiser to support projects and programs that benefit the elders living at MHCO. 

Dr. James M. Harder, president of Bluffton University, will present the annual President’s Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Harder will offer perspectives on the start of a new academic year—Bluffton’s 114th—and describe several institutional initiatives for the year. This is also the 100th year since Bluffton adopted its longstanding motto, “The Truth Makes Free,” and the president will reflect on what that means in the context of a Bluffton education.

Members of the English Lutheran Church participate in the AmazingRACE Week of Service this week.  On Sunday, for example, members (in gold and black t-shirts) participated in several clean up projects in Bluffton. "Here at English Lutheran we decided to turn the original one-day event into a week-long "servant race" in which teams will be commissioned and sent out after worship on Sept.

First Mennonite "Mennonite Women" will hold their first meeting of the fall at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 16, in the church fellowship hall.

Greg and Synthia Arnette of Findlay will tell about WeServe.coffee, a coffee shop in Findlay that has 100 percent of its profits going to local and global charities.

 

Water Equipment League
Scores bowled on: Sept 3
High Game

Jim Thorbin                                267
Mike Barrows                               266
Denny Caskie                               259
Tom Cole                                   248
Todd Basinger                              245
Terry Otto                                 237
Jon Burden                                 237

By Bryson Hartzler, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University's men's and women's cross country teams headed south to the greater Cincinnati area to compete in the Queen City Invitational 5k race. The meet was hosted by the Division 1 trio of Xavier University, University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. All together there were 15 teams and 300 competitors that toed the line on Friday, Sept. 7.

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