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BLUFFTON, Ohio—Bluffton University’s mathematics department will host its 11th annual math competition for high school students on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall. The event is free.

The test, which begins at 9:45 a.m., includes only short-answer questions covering high school math topics through precalculus. Cash prizes will be awarded, and test scores of seniors considering attending Bluffton may be used to award renewable scholarships of up to $1,000 per year. Scholarship awards will be offered by January 2013.

 

Dr. Donald Hooley, professor of mathematics at Bluffton University, will discuss his fall 2011 sabbatical in India during a campus colloquium on Friday, Oct. 5. Beginning at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall, the presentation is free and open to the public.

The 2012 Bluffton CROP Walk is set to take place on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 1:30 p.m. The theme for this year's event is, The Way of the Cross:  Walking for Hunger, according to Rev. Kevin Mohr, president of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.

How many times did you mow your yard in September? Probably more often than you thought you might. That's because it rained 5.36 inches during September, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The normal average September rainfall is 2.95 inches.

Fifteen of September's 30 days had rain, or a trace of rain reported.

Otherwise, it was a "normal" September. The average temperature for the month was 63.5 degrees. The normal average September temperature was 63.7 degrees.

Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief, provided The Icon with the September call list. EMS had 39 calls during the month.

Kalida girls stopped Bluffton 5-0 on Sept. 29 at Kalida.

Stats follow:

Halftime: K, 4-0 Goals: (K) Holtkamp, (K) Holtkamp, (K) Gardner, (K) Player, (K) Gardner. Assists: NA.
Shots on Goal: K, 20-3. Corner Kicks: K, 3-0,Saves: B,Abbey Heslep (13), Emily Schwager (2); K,NA

Home:  Kalida 9-0-1

Away:  Bluffton 3-8-0
 Bluffton defense came alive in the second half holding Kalida to only 1 goal in the second half. The first half Kalida dominated, in the first fifteen minutes they scored 4 goals.

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