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From family-oriented 15-mile to serious 100-mile biker: "Ride to Remember" bike event planned here July 11

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 6:53pm

Plans are underway for the first-ever Ride to Remember bicycle ride this summer in Bluffton.

The Saturday, July 11, event offers short bike routes for families interested in biking together all the way to a 100-mile route for experienced riders.

Based at BFR Sports and Fitness and the Buckeye lake area of Bluffton, the event serves as a springboard to a make Bluffton a bicycle destination and bike center for enthusiasts of the sport.

Details are still in the planning stages, but sponsors hope to offer routes of 15, 31, 62 and 100 miles on July 11.

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Art abounds

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 6:23pm

Art from Bluffton and Cory-Rawson students is on exhibit this month at the Bluffton Public Library. Here's one of the pieces, a sculpture by Haley Pinks, a BHS junior.

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Bluffton pitching shines on day five in Florida

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 6:16pm

March 5, 2015
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

Olivet Stats  I  St. John Fisher Stats

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - The Bluffton University softball team went to extra innings against the Olivet Comets and lost a heartbreaker. The Beavers slipped to 7-2 when Olivet scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth for a victory in the Comets season opener.

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Bluffton University
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There's another Pirate team to watch - looks like good sailing ahead for these girls

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 6:14pm

The plot thickens.

On March 4 the Icon posted the team photo of the Bluffton seventh grade boys' basketball team. That team won the Northwest Conference basketball title. 

Here's chapter two: It's the same story with the Bluffton eighth grade girls' team, who finished the season 15-1 and a 3-0 tournament record. (This team has back-to-back  trophies in the trophy case.)

This means, somewhere between the next season and 2019-20 basketball seasons these girls will become household names in Bluffton. 

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Lisa Wenger announces Findlay residential listing

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 5:22pm

Lisa Wenger of RealLiving CCR Realtors, announces a new residential listing. It is at 7568 Eagle Dr., Findlay.

The list price is $579,990. For complete details open the attachement at the bottom of this story or call Wenger at 419-231-1823.

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Business
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Parkins and Schmutz receive all-conference basketball honors

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 5, 2015 - 4:06pm

Two members of Bluffton High School's girls' basketball team won Northwest Conference honors. 

• Abbie Parkins, sophomore, was named to the NWC second team.
• Andie Schmutz, sophomore, was named NWC honorable mention  

Ada senior Tori Wyss was selected as the 2014-15 NWC Player of The Year in voting by Northwest Conference girls basketball coaches.

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