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1,000 point and the season's not over

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2020 - 3:13pm

Bluffton HS senior, Luke Denecker, holding the game ball, cracked the 1,000-career point scoring barrier against Leipsic on Tuesday. He is only the second Pirate boy to reach 1,000 points. Click here for the game story and list of the 10 all-time top BHS scorers.

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Luke Denecker surpasses 1,000 points; Pirates stop Leipsic

Michael Kingsley is the only other Pirate to break that scoring barrier
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2020 - 3:01pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Host Bluffton turned back Leipsic 70-63 to gain a hard-earned non-conference boys basketball win Tuesday evening.

Click here for game photos by Marvin Foster.
Top 10 all-time scorer list at bottom of story

Pirate senior Luke Denecker scored 22 points to become the second Bluffton boys player to tally more than 1,000 career points. 

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Sports
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Bluffton Community Preschool accepting 2020-21 enrollment

Open house from 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 30
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2020 - 2:33pm

Bluffton Community Preschool is accepting enrollments for the 2020-21 school year. 

An open house takes takes from 6 to 8 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 30, at Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main St. 

"We encourage those interested in our program to stop by, take a tour of the classrooms, meet the teachers and ask questions," said Christine Clymer, chair of the preschool board. 

"If you are not able to attend, we are happy to set up a time to meet with interested parents at the preschool," she said.

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Regional news
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Who was Miss Muffet anyway?

Why we read nursery rhymes to our children
Posted by LizGH on January 15, 2020 - 2:00pm

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can...
Humpty dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty dumpty had a great fall...

I'm reading these Mother Goose rhymes to my two-year-old, as part of his bed-time stories.

Have you ever stopped to think about these nursery rhymes and what these stories or words mean?

So many of these rhymes just don't make sense: Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the what?

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Columnists
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Funeral arrangements for Guy Rhodes incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2020 - 1:36pm

Guy Rhodes, 77, of Bluffton died Jan. 14, 2020, at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Beavers kickoff 2020 indoor track-field season at Findlay

Posted by Icon K on January 15, 2020 - 6:00am

The Bluffton University Track and Field team kicked off the 2020 indoor season at the Findlay Open on a rainy Saturday, Jan. 11.

Showing off on the distance side was freshman Max Chandler (Liberty Township/Lakota East) who had a terrific race for his first-ever 3k! Chandler came in 7th with a time of 9:40. "He was very aggressive and confident," stated Coach Wells. Another great performance came from senior Bailie Barrington (Waynesfield/Waynesfield-Goshen) in the mile race. She placed 5th in a field of 12 with a time of 5:44. Barrington also qualified for the conference meet.

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Bluffton University
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