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Don Steinman from Arlington, found this sign in a antique store in pretty bad shape. He had a fellow restore it for him.  Don is relation to the Steinman's from the lumber company and is also the editor and president of the Eagle Creek Historical Organization clubs newsletter in Arlington.

Steinman Lumber Company's Bluffton office was on the site of Riley Creek Mercantile on Cherry Street.

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The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. 

The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four. 

In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 pm on Monday September 23. 

Boxes will be available to be picked up on Saturday September 28 at 11 a.m. at the Grace Mennonite Church located at 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

The winner of Week 2 of The Icon Football Contest is Brad Smith.  He correctly picked 14 of 15 games this week. 
 

Other contestants:

13 correct - Adelyn Althaus, Brad Fruchey, Elizabeth Boisvert, Matt Amsutz, Tater Hooker and Todd Fleharty.

12 correct - David Glick, Duane Bollenbacher, Jared Lehman, Luke Amstutz, Mark Delisle, Mark Wolke, Nathan Davis and Taylor Steele.

 

Putnam County Common Pleas Court Judge Randall Basinger will address “The U.S. Constitution and Current Issues before the Supreme Court” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Founders Hall at Bluffton University.

Free and open to the public, the presentation is Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions that receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.

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.

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