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Two members of the Bluffton High School girls' soccer team were selected to play in the Hogg Creek Soccer League senior challenge game.

Bluffton's players are Ava Yoakam and Alissa Garmatter, according to Joel Steinmetz, coach.

The girls' contest is at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 13, at Wapakoneta High School.

The Bluffton Relay for Life launches the 2012 season with the first set of committee and team meetings on Thursday, Nov. 3, according to Adam Blevins, Income Development Representative, East Central Division.

The meetings take place in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

6 - 7 p.m.: Relay For Life Committee Meeting
7 - 8 p.m.: Relay For Life Team Meeting

You are correct. October was a wet month in Bluffton.

According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, 4.26 inches of rain fell in October. The normal average October precipitation is 2.27 inches.

At the same time, October was warmer than normal. This year's October's average temperature was 54 degrees. The normal average is 52.1 degrees.

October's average maximum temperature was 64.5 degrees and the average minimum temperature was 43.5 degrees.

Jan Basinger, Bluffton EMS chief, provided The Icon with the October EMS log, which follows:

DATE TYPE OF CALL LOCATION
October 1 Medical Brookwood Drive
October 2 Medical C.R. 15
October 3 Medical Maplecrest Ct.
October 3 Medical Bentley Rd.
October 3 Medical Vance St.
October 4 Medical Maplecrest Ct.
October 5 Medical W. Elm St.
October 6 Transport Garau St.
October 6 Medical N. Jackson St.

The 48th annual Festival of Missions will be held Nov. 13-20 at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

The theme this year is: "Jesus, You are Worthy,"based on Revelation 5:9."

"....You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation."

By Keisha Holtsberry, sports information assistant

HCAC Pre-season Coaches Poll: http://staging.bluffton.edu/sports/womensbasketball/2012/hcacpoll.pdf

As the beginning of the season rapidly approaches, the Bluffton University women's basketball team is working diligently to prepare for their first game of the 2011-12 campaign.

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