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Rose-Hulman downs Bluffton men 62-53

By: Griffin Kuras, sports information assistant

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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men welcomed Rose-Hulman for a Heartland Conference bout on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the first game of 2015. The Engineers stifled the Beavers in a hard fought game, 62-53, using height to their advantage, getting 38 of their points on the inside. The Beavers fell to 6-5 with a 2-2 mark in the HCAC, while the Engineers improved to 7-4 overall, including 3-1 in conference play. 

Larry Smith Realty announces new listing

Larry Smith of Smith’s Realty Professionals, 147 N. Main St., Bluffton, announces a new residential listing. The listing is at 307 S. Main St., Bluffton. The residence has two bedrooms and one bath. Its list price is $109,900.

For more details on the listing open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

 

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Pandora churches offers food boxes for those in P-G school district

The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District.  The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.  In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.  Boxes will be available to be picked up at 11 a.m. Saturday, January  31 at the Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main Street, Pandora.

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Elizabeth Dickey Lacy graduated from BHS

Elizabeth Dickey Lacy, age 62, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away on December 30,
2014 at Heartland of Oregon. She was born to Dale and Carolyn (Vore) Dickey
on November 26, 1952 in Princeton, NJ.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her mother, Carolyn Dickey. She is
survived by her father, Dale F. Dickey; sister, Johanna Dickey Rian (Neil
Anderson); niece, Katherine Schlesser (Kyle); and cousins  Keith Vore (Judy),
Jill Vore Gullette (Rick), Eric Vore (Kristy) and Jennifer Vore Boughan
(Rick).

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The wild Riley

You never know what you'll meet these days while walking along the banks of the Riley. Of course, you have to keep a sharp eye out. Can you see a great gray heron on one bank and a mink, that's right, a clever carnivore, on the opposite bank? Ken Lawrence took the photo.

For 2015: Make commitments, not resolutions

By Laura Finley

It’s 2015. People everywhere are making resolutions…lose weight, read more, quit smoking, etc. To resolve is the act of finding an answer or solution to a problem. Yet most of our resolutions are never achieved. According to Marti Hope Gonzales, Associate professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, just six weeks after making a resolution, 80 percent of people either have broken them or cannot even recall what they resolved. And of course, we feel like losers when we don’t achieve these goals.

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