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Book ReViews will host a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, featuring Dr. Bruce Maccabbe’s two books “Abduction in my Family: A novel of alien encounters,” and a second book, “The FBI, CIA UFO Connection: The Hidden UFO Activities of USA Intelligence Agencies.”
 
The novel of alien encounters is a book of fiction. The UFO activities book is non-fiction.
 
The author holds a doctorate in physics. For 36 years he was employed at Naval Surface Warfare Center in optical data processing.
 

Bluffton High School boys' defeated Allen East 61-36 in Northwest Conference basketball action tonight at Bluffton. Gabe Denecker led all scorers with 17 points.

Bluffton won the JV game  43-33.

A box score is attached at the bottom.

A Jan. 21 report from the Bluffton council’s utility committee includes good news concerning the monitoring of Trihalomethane (TTHM) levels in water samples taken from Ethan Circle and Maple Crest.

The report is part of Monday's council meeting.
 
According to minutes from the utility committee:

The Icon shared lots of orchestral music with viewers this week as we visited with the Bluffton Junior High strings class. Here's a, sort-of-group-shot to put the earlier photos in perspective. Rachael Lewis is the director. We'll visit other music classes as the school year progresses.

Bluffton council members have selected Ralph Miller to fill the vacant seat on council. Seven persons were invited to be interviewed for the opening.

According to Judy Augsburger, mayor, council met on Jan. 28 and conducted interviews for the seat.

FROM ADA ICON - Dan Reigle, Ada's Wilson football factory plant manager, holds a 2016 Super Bowl football. All footballs used in the NFL and in the Super Bowl  are made in Ada.

Reigle said that 54 balls were sent to Carolina and 54 to Denver in prreparation for this year's Super Bowl game.

Balls were created starting Sunday as soon as it was apparent which teams were headed to the Super Bowl. The 108 balls were finished and sent from Ada on Monday.

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