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So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this?

Admittedly, this is a seasonal item. On the other hand, lots of people walk by it every day. Our only hint: It is inside a building and the business name begins with the letter B.

Answer tomorrow.

It's Bluffton HS girls over Arcadia 59-39

Lady Pirates scalp Redskins
By Cort Reynolds
ARCADIA - The visiting Bluffton girls basketball team earned a big early lead and went on to whip Arcadia soundly 59-39 in a non-league contest Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Pirates raced to a 21-9 edge after one period of play as Sami Scoles scored seven points and Riley Eachus buried two three-point goals.

The Pirate girls extended the lead to 36-21 at intermission as Eachus drained two more triples and Kylie Stackhouse netted five second quarter points. 

BHS wrestlers 4th in 11-team Allen County Invitational

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - Led by two individual weight class winners, the Bluffton varsity wrestling squad finished fourth in the 11-team Allen County Invitational meet at Lima Senior Saturday.

Top Pirate finishers:
Weight class, wrestler, place, record
106 Thayne Kleman 1st place, 3-0
126 Tayton Kleman 1st, 4-0
160 Kaden Basil 2nd, 4-1
195 Trent Howard 3rd
170 Gabe George 4th

Public Library program at 6:30 p.m. presented by Fred and Rudi Steiner

Icon viewers are invited to a Bluffton Public Library Zoom presentation at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 22, to hear some of the stories published in “Bluffton Anthology – A Creek Runs Through It” essays on a small Ohio town collected by Fred Steiner.

Steiner and his brother, Rudi, will talk about how the book was created. To watch the program email the library for a login at: [email protected] anytime between now and 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

And, Fridays as a remote learning day for all students in third 9-weeks

Bluffton schools will continue with its four-day in-learning schedule through March 26. The announcement was made on the school website by Greg Denecker, superintendent. Click here to read the entire announcement.

A portion of the announcement follows:
First, I want to thank you for all you have done to make our first half of the school year go as smoothly as possible. 

In the Icon's holiday nighttime window shopping walk in downtown Bluffton, we came across three brightly-lighted trees in windows facing Main Street in Bluffton High School.

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