BFR Sports & Fitness is hosting a weight loss challenge: The Longest Loser. The cost is $5 for BFR members and $10 for non-members, according to Carol Enneking of BFR.
"The goal of the challenge is to be the last person still losing weight. There will be weekly weigh ins, nutrition advice, and work out tips. In order to stay in the competition you must lose at least .1 of a pound each week at weigh in," she said.
Randy Garmatter won The Bluffton Icon's holiday bowl football contest in a three-way playoff. Garmatter, Matt Amstuz and Rick Emmert were tied with 18 wins each at the conclusion of the regular contest.
To settle the tie, each were asked to pick winners of three additional bowl games.
Garmatter picked three correct
Amstutz picked two correct
Emmert picked one correct
Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, provided the December Bluffton police report to council on Jan. 10. In December the police responded to 266 calls, 58 traffic stops and 13 citations.
Tickets remain available for the next performance in the 2010-11 Bluffton University Artist Series, by Burning River Brass at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.
One of the most respected brass ensembles in the United States, Burning River Brass is composed of 12 of the finest brass and percussion players in the country.
Dr. John M. Perkins, who was active in the civil rights movement and advocates Christian community development as well as racial reconciliation, will discuss poverty during a Bluffton University Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Perkins' address, "Responding to Poverty," is free and open to the public, beginning at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. It is part of Bluffton's observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
