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The Bluffton Swim Club is for high school aged swimmers from high schools in the surrounding area. This is the first season for the group and they practice at the Putnam County YMCA.

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The inaugural Bluffton Swim Club delivered a strong start to their season at a tri-meet versus Kenton and VanWert high school swim teams on Thursday, Dec. 6, at Kenton. As a team, they finished overall in second place with the men finishing in third and the women in second.

The team’s first event of the night was the girl’s 200 meter medley relay with Ellie Hoffman, Joscelin Reineke, Maria Spallinger and Julia Smallcombe. They tied for first with Van Wert’s team with a time of 2:15:60.

And, charges filed on theft goes to county prosecutor

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Bluffton police department provided the Icon with its November docket, which follows:

November 2
A Matterhorn Drive resident reported a theft to police.

November 5
Officers responded to a State Route 103 business for a criminal damage complaint.

November 7
Officers responded to a Garmatter Street residence in reference to a criminal damage comaplaint.

November 8
Officers responded to a State Route 103 business in reference to a suspicious person complaint.

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Wade J. Moser, 80, died Dec. 9, 2018, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

How massage therapy can help

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By Carol Baumhardt
Massage Therapist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, an affiliate of Blanchard Valley Health System

Raise your hand if you enjoy having a headache. Silly, right? Nobody likes the pain, frustration and lost time a headache can bring. Yet many of us suffer from them, including children. The National Headache Foundation reports that 1 in 5 U.S. children ages 5 to 17 are prone to headaches. Fifteen percent of those who are prone have headaches labeled as tension and five percent are diagnosed as migraine.

Opportunities for youngsters, school-age and adults

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THE WINTER NEWSLETTER IS ATTACHED
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Bluffton Family Recreation’s winter youth and adult program schedule covering January through the end of March was announced today by Daniel Tinch, BFR executive director.

Adult programs include soccer, coed volleyball, pickleball, basketball, coed indoor softball and a coed softball tournament. Tournaments involving tennis and pickleball will be announced later.

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J.D. Snyder Excavating works to create a 70-foot retaining wall on the south side of Buckeye quarry. The intention is to protect the dike between the quarry and Riley Creek during floods.

The photo below reveals the potential damage to the dike where the retention wall is being placed.

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