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Free community meals at the Senior Center

Feb. 6 & Feb. 20 at 6 p.m.

Two community meals are planned for February at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

The meals are:

• Thursday, Feb. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Feb. 20, provided by Bluffton Presbyterian Church

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

Families welcome, and kids usually get served first.

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Icon's Oscars Contest now accepting entries

Deadline to enter is 6 p.m. Sunday

CLICK HERE to enter the Icon's Oscar Contest.

Just when you thought there were no more Icon contests, the Icon Oscar’s Contest is on the way.

The contest is now accepting entries. The contest includes multi-choice questions, so you can enter even if you don’t have a clue about this year’s movies.

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Bluffton professors to share Feb. 4 Colloquium

Dr. Melissa Friesen, art, communication and theatre department chair, and Dr. Walt Paquin, director of social work program, will share “Arts-based Civic Practice and Learning in Community,” during a Colloquium presentation at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.

Beavers 2 Franklin 0

Men and women’s teams stop Grizzlys

The Bluffton University women's basketball team welcomed Franklin College to town on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, for Alumni Day. The Beavers were able to hold off a tough Grizzly team, 66-56. Bluffton improved to 10-9 (4-8 HCAC) while Franklin slipped to 11-7 (7-5 HCAC).

Caitlyn Renner eclipses own school record

Beaver track and field team at ONU

The Bluffton University Track and Field team traveled to Ohio Northern University for the 2nd week in a row on Saturday, Feb. 1.

Saturday was another good meet for the Beavers. Bluffton's school record for the long jump was broken for the 2nd straight week in a row. Freshman Caitlyn Renner (Cairo/Bath) eclipsed her own school record by .01 meters, giving her a distance of 5.08 meters. This keeps her at the top of the conference competition in the long jump. Senior Ciana Hostetler (Sugarcreek/Garaway) also competed in the long jump and produced a personal best.

Downtown merchants chocolate walk Thursday

Only 200 tickets available

Bluffton’s first-ever downtown chocolate walk takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, sponsored by the Bluffton downtown merchants.

The event is limited to 200 tickets. Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket holder will be eligible for a free chocolate treat at each participating merchants.

Tickets are available at participant merchants. 

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