The identities of the Bluffton University beaver mascots were revealed between the Jan. 22, 2022, women’s and men’s home basketball games in Sommer Center. The four students stories are at http://ow.ly/NuvO50HCAoR. / Bluffton Univeristy photo.
Joan Ruth (Green) Warren (88) passed away on January 24 at 1:13 p.m. in Kendallville, Indiana, at Chandler Place. She was born on April 8, 1933, to Anna Belle (Clark) Green and Milford Vance Green, in Mt. Cory, Ohio. On June 3, 1956, she married her high school sweetheart Robert (Bob) Warren at Pleasant View United Methodist Church in Mt. Cory, Ohio.
Soup to Nuts was a 1930 feature film starring Ted Healy and The Three Stooges. The movie was born out of the 1920 vaudeville slapstick comedy act titled Ted Healy and His Stooges. Eventually, Ted Healy left the group and it became known as The Three Stooges. The group filmed between the 1930s and the 1970s with various actors playing The Three Stooges over the years. However, the idiom “soup to nuts” was first used to describe a full course dinner from the first course to the last.
The December Student of the Month at Bluffton High school is Alyssa Speicher, daughter of Steve & Susan Speicher of Bluffton. Alyssa is in the 11th grade and has a 4.0000 cumulative gpa. (Her twin sister Lauren was the November Student of the Month.)
Alyssa is a member of the National Honor Society and Latin Club. Alyssa was awarded the "Student of the Year" in English 10.
She is currently taking a College English class through Findlay University/Bluffton High School and is undecided about what she would like to do after graduation.
The Bluffton University men's basketball team lost a defensive tussle at Anderson, 52-42, on a frigid Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Bluffton fell to 5-11 overall and 1-7 in the Heartland Conference, while Anderson stayed in the HCAC hunt at 13-5 and 8-3 in the conference.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team recovered from a sluggish start to rout Anderson University 83-59 on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Bluffton solidified its hold on second place in the HCAC, improving to 12-5 and 7-3 in the conference, while Anderson dipped to 8-9 and 5-5 in the Heartland.
Bluffton trailed 8-3 and 10-8 before going up for good at 14-12 when Morgan Smith (Arlington) knocked down a jumper at the 3:46 mark of period one. That started a string of nine straight points for the junior phenom as Bluffton took a 21-17 lead into the second quarter.
