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The village of Bluffton will see its annual population spike this weekend, beginning Friday, Aug. 26, with about 280 new first-year and transfer students moving onto the Bluffton University campus.

New student move-in, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, will open a weekend on which other Bluffton undergraduates will return to campus for the start of classes Monday, Aug. 29.

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Richard Wayne Augsburger, 87, of Bluffton, died at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 26, 2011 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Feb. 20, 1924, in Bluffton to Harley E. and Rhoda Stratton Augsburger who preceded him in death. On Feb. 3, 1946, he married Virginia G. Roberts and she survives.

Mr. Augsburger was a 1942 graduate of Bluffton High School. He served three year in US Army during WWII and retired from Ex-Cell-O Corp., Bluffton in 1985. He attended Bluffton Baptist Church and was a member of American Legion Post 382, Bluffton.

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Bluffton University's men's and women's soccer teams will hold a car wash fund-raiser from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, according to Rick Nussbaum, coach for both teams.

The annual donation car wash hosted by the soccer teams takes place at Springfield Fireworks between McDonald's and Taco Bell on State Route 103.

All donations are appreciated go toward helping with hotel costs in Chicago for the team's season openers with Moody Bible Institute/Benedictine (men) and St. Joseph's College (women) on Sept. 2 and 3.

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Ottawa-Glandorf defeated Bluffton 8-0 in a girls' soccer match on Aug. 25 at Ottawa. Bluffton JV's whipped the Titans 7-0.

Game stats follow:

Halftime: OG, 2-0 Goals: (OG) Elerbrock, (OG) Hoehn, (OG) Nash, (OG) Osting, (OG) B Shroeder, (OG) D Shroeder, (OG) Warnecke, (OG) Warnecke. Assists: (OG) Nash, (OG) Arrington.
Shots on Goal: OG, 35-6. Corner Kicks: OG, 7-1,Saves: B,Heslep (25); OG,NA

Home: OG 1-0-0, NA
Ottawa
Away: Bluffton 0-1-0, 0-0-0

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Oh, deer!

A couple young and frisky deer crossed the road at Grove and Tom Fett just as the Icon's camera was focused. Click for a video.

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Excellent with Distinction - again!

That's the rating Bluffton Exempted Village Schools received from the 2010-2011 state school report card released this week.

For a complete look at Bluffton's report card click here.

To view the Blufton school district building report click here.

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