Bluffton High School girls' soccer team won its second game of the season, stopping Allen East 1-0 on Sept. 10 in Bluffton. Sarah Schriner scored the winning goal in the second half for the Pirates.
Bluffton Pirates and Allen East were very evenly matched. Bluffton was able to sneak one in during the second half. The Bluffton defense then held the Mustages the remainder of the game.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Bluffton University business showcase takes place Thursday, Sept. 27.
Businesses participating in the showcase have an opportunity to display their products and services and to introduce themselves to all Bluffton University students during the lunch hour on that day. The showcase is in the Commons in Marbeck, where students eat lunch.
Each business that registers receives a table for a display. Set up is at 10 a.m. The showcase takes place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 24.
The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library will holds its fall book sale from Thursday to Monday, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. A special Friends’ member preview will be held on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 5 – 6 p.m. Refreshments will be available during the Friends’ preview.
Book sale hours for the public are Sept. 27 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Sept. 29 from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., and Oct. 1 from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bikers participating in the Hancock Horizontal Hundred Bicyle Tour on Sept. 9 had a Bluffton rest stop at the village park. Eight hundred bikers started the tour at the University of Findlay. Four hundred fifty stopped in Bluffton. The Bluffton Lions Foundation provided the Bluffton rest stop.
Bluffton police have issued the following alert to Icon viewers:
• Quick change suspect
• White male, 20-30yrs, 5'9, 165, tattoos on both arms, driving pontiac sunfire. Instructions:
• Call 911 if encountering suspect
Contact Information:
Chief Rick Skilliter
Police
419-358-2961 [email protected]
(This message posted at 6:51 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10)
Bluffton University sophomore Peter Carlson (Toledo/Springfield) has been named the HCAC men's soccer Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 9, 2012. It marked Bluffton's first men's soccer Player of the Week since 2008 when Nate Flath took home the honor.
