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Bluffton women seeded 1st; men 4th in HCAC bball tourney

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has announced the matchups for the 2021 women’s and men's basketball championship. 

Details on both tournaments are in this story.

Prior to the 2021 Women’s Basketball season, the league coaches agreed to conduct a 10-team blind-draw tournament, with the regular season having no implications on seeding.

Boosting your immune system in a pandemic - Thursday program topic

Beacon Life Ministries, 125 N. Main St., Bluffton, will hold a program titled "How you can boost your immune system in a pandemic."

The free program is from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, presented by Bobbie Glon. She is a registered nurse from Lima, and is a clinical specialist and professional health coach at research-based health care organization Virta Health.

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Outstanding Heartland VB honors

Remi Bower (Deshler) Bluffton University,  was named Heartland defensive athlete of the week for volleyball. She  put the Beavers on her back, leading Bluffton to the HCAC Tournament with 45 kills (5.0 KPS) as the Beavers went 3-0 and 2-0 in conference play. She also showed her versatility with 27 digs (3.0 DPS), three blocks and seven service aces. Bower's 53.5 points were more than two times the next highest teammate.
 

February winter sunset

Bluffton and Ada Icons offered separate winter photo contests to viewers. Here's the Ada Icon winning photo. It was taken by Meghan Yoakum. She said the photo was taken outside her family home south of Ada on State Route 235. Watch the Icon all week for more entries in the contest.

Vaccination clinics nearly completed at MHCO

Indoor visitation coming soon

Vaccination clinics are continuing at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, according to information from the recent MHCO newsletter.

Maple Crest is the only campus yet to complete all three initial vaccination clinics. The third clinic is scheduled for March 3.

Residents and staff are receiving the Pfizer vaccine, which requires two doses. These two doses are to be received approximately three weeks apart.

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Library board meets Feb. 23

The Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb, 23, via video conferencing.  To request an invitation for the meeting, please contact Jessica Hermiller, Director, at [email protected].  

 

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