The Beavers (4-2, 0-2 HCAC) traveled to Cincinnati to face HCAC rival Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday, Dec. 5, and fell just shy of their fifth win of the season as the Lions edged the visitors, 48-47, in a close game that featured 12 lead changes.
Ten of those 12 lead changes came in a wild first half. Mount took the first lead in the game, but freshman Brooke Ruffer (Stryker) turned the tables with two successful free throw attempts and a layup.
Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members will take a field trip next week. Members will tour the Sommer Center at Bluffton University during the Friday, Dec. 14, breakfast meeting.
Most monthly breakfast meetings take place in the town hall. This meeting offers an opportunity for members to experience the newest building in Bluffton first-hand. A breakfast will be served in the Reichenbach Room starting at 7 p.m.
The final of three monthly 3/50 drawings in Bluffton took place earlier this week. Winners of Bluffton merchants gift certificates and prizes follow.
Aphapahn Nusbaum draws the winning entry as Katie Keifer and Julie Stratton (center) hold the entry basket. The three businesses each winner visited with their entry is listed:
Barbara Stettler
• The Black Lab
• Greg’s Pharmacy
• Community Market
Carrie Weyer
• Community Market
• Greg’s
• The Curling Iron
The Curling Iron window was named third place in the downtown Bluffton business window contest, sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. First place was Citizens National Bank and second place was Town and Country Flowers.
Blanchard Valley Hospital has added a new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system with a design focused on patient comfort.
The new system, called the Siemens Open Bore Aera MRI, can accommodate larger patients, reduce claustrophobia and provide faster imaging than many traditional MRI units.
The new MRI system has a 70 cm open bore, which is the tube-like structure of the MRI machine where the patient lies during the imaging. This is much larger than traditional MRIs and can accommodate patients up to 550 pounds.
