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Last chance to "Come Fly with BCE"... lots of activities at the airport

If you ever wanted to ride in an open-air 1930s-era Stearman biplane, Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE) offers you that opportunity. The ride, provided by Jeff Koehler, is among 25 unusual silent auction items up for grabs at BCE’s “Come Fly with the BCE” fundraiser.

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Corn spillage

The Bluffton elevator experienced an unfortunate occurrence eariler this week. One of the storage bins buckled. Employees worked to salvage the corn.

She only 4, but she won this year's Icon football contest - sort of

How could a 4-year-old Bluffton girl win this year's Bluffton Icon football contest? Well, it's true and false at the same time.

Young Adelyn Althaus is this year's winner. She accumulated 111 points this season and had three weekly wins. Here's the catch, Adelyn's entries were entered in her name by her dad, Andy Althaus.

But, it made for an interesting contest and we wish Adelyn well in future contests.

Here's a listing of all contestants in this year's contest.

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Hey, Mom! I'm on the Bluffton High School honor roll!

Here is Bluffton High School’s first quarter. Honor Roll for 2013-2014:

9th Grade – all A:
Isaac Andreas, Haley Baker, Kayleigh Coughlan, Connor Dawson, Nathan Heinze, Brice Metzger, Zane Myers, Douglas Nester, Marley Runk, Sabrina Shrider, Jayme Siefer, Ana Spiridigliozzi, Megan Sycks, Phillip Tatarkov, Sarah Theisen, Ceandra Thurmond

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HCAC player of week honor goes to a Beaver

Sophomore Ryan Aelker (New Bavaria/Holgate) was recently named HCAC Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 3, 2013.

Aelker led the Bluffton defense to a 28-0 shutout win over Anderson. The sophomore finished with four tackles, two sacks, three tackles-for-loss and a quarterback hurry as the Bluffton defense limited Anderson's offense
to a paltry 157 total yards and seven first downs.

The defensive end has 29 tackles this season, including 18 of the solo variety. He leads the Beavers with five sacks (31 yards) and 11 tackles-for-loss (46 yards).

407 Greding St. new listing from Smith's Realty Professionals

Smith's Realty Professionals, 147 N. Main St., Bluffton announce a new residential listing at 407 Greding St., Bluffton, according to Larry Smith.

The residence is listed at $163,900 and includes three bedrooms and two baths. For a complete listing of all the property features open the printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.

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