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Beaver sports recap, January 28

Posted by Staff on January 31, 2023 - 7:53am

Swimming and diving, indoor track and field, men's and women's basketball

By Ethan Stearns, sports information assistant

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving

HANOVER, Ind. - The Bluffton University swimming and diving team made the long trip to Hanover on Saturday, Jan. 28. A battle with the Panthers served as a final tuneup for the Heartland Conference championships which are slated for February 8-11.

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Elementary School honor roll announced

Posted by Staff on January 31, 2023 - 7:38am

Bluffton Elementary School has released the following Honor Roll for students in the fourth and fifth grades for the second quarter of the 2022-2023 academic year. By our count, 124 students received this distinction.

All A’s Honor Roll

4th Grade:
Wesley Combs, Elijah Fry, Lydia Gratz, Gabriella Holmes, Milena King, Zachary Lehmkuhle, Averie Marquart, Mikah Miller, Sage Music, Simon Phillips, Samuel Rinaldi, McKenna Stoner, 

5th Grade:
Wyatt Amstutz, Cora Beck, Barrett Benroth, Clara Brauen, Thayne Bricker, Landon Byers, Juliana Carnauba, Wyatt Conley, Cameron Cox, Easton Dunifon, Caleb Fifer, Warren Gaertner, Breydan Glick,

Alenah Gordon-Hancock, Colton Kelly, Kyson Kleman, Amara Kohli, Kinzi Koogler, Jeht Kruse, Peyton Lieurance, Hope Luginbill, Ryker Matson, Levi Mummert, Eva Nygaard, Dominic Recker, Addison Rieman, Ethan Roby, Kadreye Scoles, Addilyn Shoemaker, Bowen Shutler, Claire Snyder, Emery Thiel, Addyson White, 

A/B Honor Roll

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CANCELED Vaccine development forum

Posted by Staff on January 30, 2023 - 9:35am

UPDATE This January 31 event has been cancelled.

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BHS swim teams make top three at conference championships

Posted by Staff on January 30, 2023 - 8:52am

Bowlus and Verb set league records 

The Bluffton High School boys and girls swim team competed on Saturday, January 28  in the North Central Ohio Swim conference championships hosted by Colonel Crawford high school in North Robinson, Ohio. Bluffton joined eight other teams from Colonel Crawford, Upper Sandusky, Ada, Bucyrus, Fostoria, Elgin, McComb and Mt. Gilead high schools. 

The girls team finished in second with 253 points behind Colonel Crawford with 302.5 points. The Upper Sandusky team finished in third place with 241.5 points. 

The boys team finished third with 220 points. Colonel Crawford boys won with 315 points, with Upper Sandusky in second with 224.5 points.

Three conference records were broken by the Pirates. Jackson Bowlus now holds the conference record in the boys 50 freestyle with a time of :22.99. Riley Verb holds two conference records, one in the boys 200 IM with a time of 2:13.97 and the boys 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.62.

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February calendar shaping up

Posted by Paula Scott on January 30, 2023 - 8:43am

Have special dates for your Bluffton area organization to share with the community? Email [email protected] to put them on our Community Calendar.

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February 2023 programs and services at Bluffton Public Library

Posted by Paula Scott on January 30, 2023 - 7:46am

Here comes February and plenty of new events and programs at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St. 419-358-5016.

READING CHALLENGES
From Feb. 1 to Feb. 28, Bluffton Public Library is participating in “For the Love of Reading,” and “Black History Month” Reading Challenges sponsored by Beanstack.  Earn badges while you fall in love with reading this month or as you learn more about Black history, celebrate authors and illustrators and explore events in our community honoring Black experiences.  Keep Reading Bluffton!

STORYTIME
Family, Pre-K, & Baby Storytime (R): Begins on February 6 to April 26. Register on our webpage, phone call, by QR code https://tinyurl.com/Storytime2023, or stop by the library front desk to register. Storytime is a reading and song-filled half hour to encourage a relationship with reading. Register for Monday evenings @ 6:00 p.m. OR Wednesday mornings at 10:00 & 10:30 a.m.  

BOOK GROUPS
Noon Book Group (R) meets in person Wed. Feb 1 to discuss The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. On Wed., March 1 the group will discuss Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery.  Stop by the library's front desk to pick up the book for the next discussion and to sign up for email updates and reminders. 

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