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There's lots of opportunities for kids

Bluffton Family Recreation's youth programming for Winter Session 2 starts Monday, Jan. 7, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR director. The session runs to Friday, Feb. 1.

Register online at: www.bfronline.com or call 419-358-4150.

Here's the schedule:

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Ohio Northern University and the ONU Sports Center on Monday, Jan. 28, as part of their 2019 Fan Powered World Tour.

Tickets are available at the ONU Sports Center Athletic Office, ticketweb.com, and harlemglobetrotters.com.

Mary L. Blosser, 88, died Jan. 3, 2019, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Mary was born Dec. 22, 1930 in Washington, Illinois, to the late Rufus and Lillian (Lantz) Rich. On March 19, 1955, she married Glenn Blosser who preceded her in death on April 22, 2013.

Mary graduated from Washington Community High School in Washington, Illinois, and received her bachelor's degree in education from Bluffton College. She was an elementary teacher at Carey High School and Cory-Rawson Schools. 

The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Richland Library Foundation will hold an annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and set the 2019 meeting schedule.

Will discuss proposal for public sculpture developed with funding from a University Research Center summer grant

Jim Fultz, assistant professor of art at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, “An Exploration of Loss, Touch and Memory in the Landscape,” at 4 p.m. on Jan. 11 in Stutzman Lecture Hall.

Bluffton travels to Elida on Saturday

By Sam Brauen www.blufftonicon.com
(BLUFFTON) - The Lady Pirates improved to 8-3 at the halfway point of the regular season with a thorough thrashing of Upper Scioto Valley by a 74-31 score.  The Rams fell to 1-9 with the loss.

The Lady Pirates enter the second half of the season with an unblemished conference record at 3-0 and their next home game will be January 17 when they host Spencerville, a squad that knocked off the Pirates last season by a 55-50 count. 

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