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Bluffton American Legion Post 382 recently recognized Bluffton High School students who participated in Buckeye Boys State and Girls State this summer.

Misha Groman and Jack Burrell attended the American Legion Buckeye Boys State at Bowling Green State University. Kenzie Braden attended Buckeye Girls State at the University of Mount Union. 

Bluffton High School boys' soccer team upset once-beaten Van Buren 3-1 on Sept. 29 on the road.

Here are the game stats:

Halftime: B, 2-1 Goals: (B) Bourassa, (B) Young, (VB) Dewey, (B) Bunch. Assists: (VB) Endicott, (B) Kingsley, (B) Routson, (B) Tatarkov.
Shots on Goal: B, 8-7. Corner Kicks: VB, 5-1,Saves: B,Smith (4); VB,Pina (2)

  VB 8-2-0

 Bluffton 7-5-0

Bluffton gets goals from Bourassa, Young, and Bunch to defeat once beaten Van Buren, 3-1.

Members of the Bluffton Lions Club participated in a Sure Sight Eye Screening at the Bluffton Elementary School and area day cares from Sept. 21-30.

Lions assisting were Ed Yeager, Barbara Plaugher, Arliss Plaugher, Elaine Harris, Tom Edwards, Jan Emmert and Mark Alliman.

Over 200 children have been examined to date with one more week yet to continue the eye screens.

A copy of the current Lions Club newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

September 29, 2015
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women’s soccer team could not hold on to a 2-0 lead and dropped a tough decision to Heidelberg, 3-2, in overtime on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The loss dropped the Beavers to 4-5, while Heidelberg improved to 5-5 on the year. 

The student for the month of September at Bluffton High School is Nicole Edelbrock who is the daughter of Brian and Teresa Edelbrock of Bluffton. Nicole is a senior this year and carries a 4.000 GPA.

Nicole is a member of the Bluffton Flag Corps team where they took 2nd place at the Allen County fair competition this year as a full group and as feature flags. She is in Art Club and is a member of the Buccaneer Yearbook committee.

As a part of Banned Book Week (Sept. 27 through Oct.3), Bluffton Public Library will provide a free showing of the movie A Wrinkle in Time on October 1 at 3:30pm. This film is rated PG and will run until approximately 5:45pm. Celebrate your right to read!

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