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Beavers women's basketball recap, January 18

By Ethan Stearns, sports information intern

NORTH MANCHESTER, Indiana–The Bluffton University women's basketball team fought hard on the way to a 74-64 win at Manchester University on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Beavers improved to 12-4 overall and 5-3 in conference play. Manchester fell to 6-9 and 2-6 in the conference.

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Cory-Rawson March 22 kindergarten screening and registration

Cory-Rawson Local Schools will hold kindergarten screening on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 for families with children who will be 5 years old on or by August 1, 2023. Families can complete an online registration form and schedule their screening time by visiting the school website, www.cory-rawson.org

Questions regarding any part of the Kindergarten Registration process can be directed to CRES secretary Susan Lambert at [email protected] or by telephone at (419) 963-7017, option 1.

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Gayle M. Marshall worked at Trinity Center for Creative Child Care

Gayle M. Marshall, 71, passed away January 19, 2023 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Gayle was born November 7, 1951 in Norwalk, Ohio to the late Don and Marie (Green) Todd. On September 14, 1985, she married John Marshall III and he survives.  

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Kenneth Dwaine Amstutz was an art teacher

Kenneth Dwaine Amstutz, 73, died unexpectedly on December 23, 2022, in Cypress, Texas. Ken was the second of seven children born to Dwaine and Ruth (Jones) Amstutz. He is survived by his loving spouse Doris; his daughter Mary (Robert) Reiter, and his six siblings.

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BHS girls basketball has cold 2nd half vs Lancers

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team led at the half but lost 45-37 at Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday evening, January 19.

The Lancers rallied with a 32-18 second half to complete their comeback from a six-point halftime deficit.

Bluffton fell to 11-6 overall and 1-4 in the NWC with the road defeat that dropped them into a tie for seventh place in the league. 

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Autonomous vehicles to be tested on Ohio rural roads

Drivers may soon see automated vehicles on rural roadways in central and southeast Ohio as DriveOhio's Rural Automated Driving Systems (ADS) project begins two deployments to gather data that will help define future technology needs.

Automated vehicle technology is revolutionizing the transportation industry, including the way that goods move, and people travel. While most automated driving systems have been tested in urban areas, there’s still much to learn about how automated vehicles operate in rural areas when navigating around curves, over hills, and in and out of shaded areas.

Automated vehicles have already been tested at the Transportation Research Center Inc.'s (TRC) 4,500-acre proving grounds in East Liberty, Ohio.

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