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Bluffton girl scouts start taking orders for those famous cookies on Friday!

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2011 - 4:08pm

It's time to order your girl scout cookies. According to Kathy Bishop, service unit manager of the Bluffton girl scouts, nearly 80 Bluffton girl scouts, ages 5 to 16, are ready to take cookie orders.

The girls spent a couple hours after school on Jan. 20, honing their sales skills, making posters, thank you notes in advance and coming up with words to describe this year's cookies to potential customers. The scouts meet at the First United Methodist Church.

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Regional news
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Lucile Sylvia Holcomb 1918-2011

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2011 - 3:41pm

Lucile Sylvia Holcomb, 92, of Wadsworth, Ohio, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. She was born Nov. 20, 1918, in Dalton, Ohio to Amos and Minnie (Santmeyer) Tschantz.

Mrs. Holcomb was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, retired from the West Unity school district, and the Wadsworth City School district.

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Obituaries
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Yoder ties school mark with six treys in 90-83 win over Jackets

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2011 - 4:25am

By Brandy Bidlack, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University women's basketball team went off for 52 points in the second half to defeat arch-rival Defiance College on Wednesday, January 19, in Founders Hall. The Beavers improved to 7-9 this season with a 4-5 mark in the HCAC following their third win in four games. The Yellow Jackets dipped to 6-10 overall and 4-5 in the conference.

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Bluffton University
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Hill's jumper with 0.8 seconds seals 57-55 win for Beavers

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 20, 2011 - 4:23am

By Mallory Kemper, sports information intern

The Bluffton University men's basketball team defeated the Defiance College Yellow Jackets in HCAC action when Mychal Hill (London/Jon. Alder) chased down his own miss at the end of the shot clock and sank a fade-away from the wing with 0.8 left to pick up a 57-55 win over Defiance on Wednesday, January 19, at the Weaner Center. The Beavers are 5-4 in the HCAC and 12-4 overall, while Defiance fell to 5-4 in the HCAC and 10-6 overall.

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Bluffton University
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Bull's eye

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 19, 2011 - 9:44pm
Bull's eye

Mary Alice Hartman is a tough corn hole competitor. She played in an afternoon set at the Mennonite Memorial Home on Jan. 19.

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Broadway is topic of Bluffton Colloquium

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 19, 2011 - 4:47pm

Dr. Melissa Friesen, associate professor of theatre and communication at Bluffton University, will discuss "Mennonites Take Manhattan: Reflections on the Broadway Teachers Workshop" at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The colloquium is free and open to the public.

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Bluffton University
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