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Bluffton Community Hospital announced the following births during December and January.

December 8 -- Chandler Joel, son of Chad and Hailey Nye, Findlay

December 9 -- Brayden Allen, son of Brian and Lindsay Rutter, Elida

December 15 -- Autumn Noelle, daughter of Lydia and Christian Steiner

December 16

       -- Persephone Kay Weyer, daughter of Garrett and Tamara Weyer, Beaverdam

       -- Cristian Xavier, son of Maria and Guillermo Hernandez, Deshler

December 18 -- Addilynn Bernice, daughter of Kristi and Ben Montgomery 

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Bluffton University football player Brad Swavel talks with a student at Padua Academy in Indianapolis during a shoe distribution at the school Jan. 27. Roughly 170 students in kindergarten through fifth grade received new shoes—as well as socks and a drawstring backpack—through an effort coordinated by Samaritan’s Feet International and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

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The American Red Cross of Hancock County is helping a Findlay family and a Mt. Cory family following fires in their homes.

A Findlay family of four received assistance for clothing and seasonal clothing and comfort kits with personal hygiene items following the fire in their Elm St. home on Thursday evening.   Red Cross Disaster Responders Bill Davis and Karl Gingrich responded to the call for help. 

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Daniel F. Reel, 72 of Delphos died Jan. 28, 2015, at Florida Hospital North, Tarpon Springs, Florida. He was born Dec. 1, 1942, in Findlay to the late Paul and Clara (Arras) Reel.  He married Sharon Sheidler Reel and she survives.

He was a salesman for TruGreen Chemlawn.  He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Delphos. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors also include a daughter Tamra Sue (Stephen) Cope of Lima; a son Bryan Kent Reel of Delphos; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and a sister Ruth Ellen (Richard) Johnson of Bluffton. 

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Raise your hand if you thought January 2015 was colder than most Januarys.

There's lot of hands raised out there and you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the average January 2015 daily temperature was 21.6 degrees. The normal January daily temperature is 25.4 degrees.

Even though it was a colder-than-normal January the highs and lows included a 59 degree fluxuation. The high temperature of January was 51 on Jan. 3. The low was seven days later at minus 8. That mark was one of six January days that reached minus zero degrees.

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By Patrick Brean

The Bluffton Track and Field team divided its efforts between two high-caliber meets and came away with exciting performances from a number of Beaver athletes.

On Friday night, vaulter Terrill Webb (Kenton), and the throws team ventured up I-75 to the University of Findlay. Webb highlighted the proceedings with an indoor PR, a school record, along with an HCAC leading and a 13th placing on the NCAA nationals list with a clearance of 11-7.75.

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