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Jennifer Little, Bluffton University’s dietetic internship experience coordinator, has been awarded one of 45 “Kids Eat Right” mini-grants sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.

Kids Eat Right is an academy member-driven public education campaign to support families, schools and communities in their pursuit of quality nutrition and obesity prevention efforts in children and families.

Joel William (Bill) Boehr, 83, died at his home in Chandler, Ariz., at 5:15 a.m., Jan. 6, 2013. He was born in Bluffton to John and Edna Boehr on Sept. 18, 1929. He is survived by a brother, Richard (Corrinne) Boehr, of Bluffton.

Mr. Boehr graduated from Pandora High School and from Bluffton College, where he majored in art. He then went on to graduate from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Birmingham, Mich. He volunteered and served two years in the United State Marine Corp.

"Fun bunches" are back at Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., according to Connie  Kruse, of the flower shop. They are available for only $4.95.

 

Bluffton Public Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Due dates for library materials will be adjusted accordingly.

2.33 inches of rain in three day. Not quite cats and dogs, but lots of water.

Here's the rest of the weather report for the past seven days, provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Here's a photo indentified only as "County Champions" BHS 108 ------ 30. We take this to mean a Bluffton football team in 1904 was the best squad in Allen County, scoring 108 points and having only 30 points scored on them. We don't know how many games they played or who were their opponents.

For example, if they played five games, they averaged 21.6 points (three touchdowns per game) against only 1 for their opponents. 

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