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At 7:50 a.m. Bluffton schools announced that school is cancelled for Tuesday, Nov. 12. Last night the school went on a 2-hour delay. The heavy and wet early winter snowfall is the cause.

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Bluffton University’s Student Athletic Advisory Committee is hosting Youth Night from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17. Elementary-aged children and their families are invited to Sommer Center to interact with Bluffton University athletes, enjoy pizza and take part in activities planned by each team on campus.

Activities include knockout (basketball), PK shootout (soccer), putt-putt (golf), sharks and minnows (cross country/track and field), balloon volleyball (volleyball), and football drills/obstacles (football). Participating kids will receive “Future Beaver” goodie bags. 

Bluffton Bread Company products available at the event

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The Bluffton University Nutrition Association (BUNA) will host its annual Harvest Dinner, benefiting the Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation and the Churches United Pantry (CUP) in Lima, from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, in Founders Hall at Bluffton University. The Harvest Dinner will also be the initial sale location for the Bluffton Bread Company.

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The Allen County Sheriff has issued a Level I Roadway Advisory: Roadways are snow or ice covered with possible drifting. Driving conditions are hazardous.

Bluffton public works department salted bridges in the village at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. Currently two trucks with plows are working the streets and a third truck may be called later tonight.

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Here are members of the 1964-65 Bluffton HS FFA.

Front from left, Dennis McCarty, Bob Holt, Steve Tripplehorn, Bill Hauenstein and Mark Lutterbein.

Second row from left, Jim Dillman, Ron Steiner, Dale Dunlap, Mike Allgire, Tom Craig, Jim Augsburger, Paul Kloepple and Larry Mast.

Standing from left, Dick Huber, Bob Hilty, Jim Steiner, Bob Hauenstein, Wes Beery, Don Hohenbrink, Nolan Bucher and John Herron.

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There's an Ohio State band alum in Ada. The Icon saw this plate in an ONU parking lot on a white Toyota.

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