December 2019

BCE Blog: Advice from entrepreneurs

BCE  holds the next Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition in January-February 2020, with $7,500 in prizes to be awarded. Additional details are at the bottom of this story.

By Paula Scott, BCE Executive Director
Why enter the 2020 Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition? Who better to ask than a trio of past winners? 

Kaitlyn Montgomery, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's student artist of the month.

Kaitlyn has taken Art One, Design One, and is currently taking Design Two and Art Seminar. 

She describes the piece she is working on in this photo:

Both Bluffton men's and women's basketball teams fell to Franklin over the. weekend. Both game reports follow:

Men's game
The Bluffton University men's basketball team traveled to Franklin College for a Saturday afternoon matchup on Dec. 7.

Dec. 14-15 in Mt. Cory

A large nativity and angel display held at the Bethel Family Life Center, 201 W. Washington St., Mt. Cory, takes place this weekend in December.

The displays are Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10 and 11.

Saturday viewings are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday viewings are from 1 to 5 p.m. This year's theme is "Heaven Came Down.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a special group showing, contact Shar Marshall at 419-963-4992.

December newsletter attached to this story

December is full of activities at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. For a complete listing of events open the newsletter attached at the bottom of this story.

Among December events include:

He is the enenvironmental specialist for the Ohio EPA Northwest District Office

Jeremy Scoles of Bluffton and environmental specialist for the Ohio EPA Northwest District Office, is the featured speaker at Friday’s Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce December breakfast.

The breakfast sponsor is Superior Energy Solutions, owned by Dan Klear.

Pirates rallied from 37-19 halftime deficit

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Bluffton's Brinkley Garmatter drilled a three-pointer in the final seconds of overtime to edge Ottoville 55-53 in a girls basketball non-conference battle Saturday afternoon.

Host Bluffton trailed 37-19 at halftime, but rallied to tie it 50-50 at the end of regulation by holding Ottoville to just 13 second-half points.

The Lady Pirates then won the extra period 5-3. Bluffton ended up limiting the Big Green to just 16 points over the final 20 minutes.

Denecker nails 27 including 10 free throws and 3 3-pointers

By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The visiting Bluffton boys basketball team outscored Liberty-Benton 25-15 in the fourth period to come from behind and win a tough non-league battle Saturday night, 62-56.

The Pirates improved to 2-0 with the comeback victory, while L-B fell to 1-2 with the loss.

Senior Luke Denecker canned three trifectas and sank 10 free throws en route to a game-high 27 points for the Pirates. Versatile senior Mason Soper tallied 17 points and added six rebounds, six steals and five assists.

Fight winter allergies with these 10 steps

Note: this article is provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy.
It’s getting chilly out and, just like clockwork, you’re back sniffling again. But before you write off that stuffy nose as just another cold, you may want to consider that the culprit could actually be winter allergies.

Fortunately, there are steps you can take to tame your bothersome allergies.

What Are Winter Allergies?

Mercy Health  welcomes Joel L Shanklin, MD, FACS, to the Mercy Health – Lima Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery department.

A provider that with over 25 years of experience, Dr. Shanklin areas of expertise include aesthetic plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery.

“There is a negative connotation often associated with plastic surgery, but I think that it’s important to acknowledge that patients all have a different reason for seeking out treatment. Birth defects, disease and traumatic injury, for example,” said Dr. Shanklin. 

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