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A "Wild" West Virginia license plate in white and blue, was captured in the Rosenberger Drive parking lot at Bluffton University.

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About that knock under the hood - take it to Kirtland's

Gary Kirtland and Jim Kinn in a familiar pose

Click here to view the Kirtland's Auto photo gallery.

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern
If you hear a clunk or feel a knock in your car, what should you do? You might want to start by getting it checked out at Kirtland's Auto Repair Center on the corner of Main and Jefferson.

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January registered temperature extremes

January registered an extreme in temperatures, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The high temperature for the month was 50 degrees on Jan. 24. The low was minus 2 on Jan. 3.

January 2010's average daily temperature was 22.9 degrees. The normal average daily January temperature is 23.6 degrees.

Snowfall reached 9.9 inches in January. The average January precipitation is 2.04 inches.

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January Bluffton police docket

Bluffton Police Department
Public Docket January 2010

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NCAA 2010 Inspiration Award to university baseball team

Photo credit: Stephen Nowland/NCAA Photos

On Friday, Jan. 15, Bluffton University head baseball coach, James Grandey, and student-athlete Cody McPherson, accepted the 2010 Inspiration Award, on behalf of the 2007 baseball team, from Bluffton University president, Dr. James M. Harder at the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 2010 Honors Celebration in Atlanta, Ga.

Bluffton scouts test their skills in 50th Klondike Derby

Photo left to right: Jacob Barnett, Roger Zeits, Austen Herron, Jeremiah Garmatter, Tecumseh Kibele (Patrol Leader,) Jared Metzger, Tyler King, Carrick Lancaster and Misha Groman (Assistant Patrol Leader.)   Hidden from view:  Clay Burkholder.

Provided by Darrell E. Groman, Assistant Scoutmaster
Ten scouts from Bluffton Boy Scout Troop 256 participated at the 50th annual Klondike Derby of the Black Swamp Area Council. This event was held on Saturday, Jan. 23 at B.S.A. Camp Lakota, near Defiance.

Based on the Alaskan gold rush of 1896, the Scouts pulled their six-foot wooden sled packed with their day supplies for the seven-hour race on 3-4 inches of snow.

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