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All proceeds go to Community Assistance Program back-to-school drive

Teams are forming for a Saturday, Sept. 8, Bluffton Battle of the Businesses with proceeds going to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s back-to-school drive.

The event is sponsored by Stratton Auto Group, Southgate Lanes and Lisa Wenger of RealLiving CCR Realtors.

Taking place at Southgate Lanes, the battle will include four-player teams and the competition begins at 2 p.m.

Registration is $250 per team, which includes three games of bowling, a t-shirt and dinner for each team player.

Thursdays Sept. 6 through Oct. 25

Tri-County Assembly of God, Bluffton, will offer a "Moving Through Grief," support group and  counseling this fall.

Lori A. Hunt, M.A.C., L.P.C., L.P.S.C., a licensed professional counselor, will direct and present the program each Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m., Sept. 6 through Oct. 25, at the church 835 N. Main St., Bluffton.

For more information contact the church at 419-358-1382. The program is free and open to the public.

The SHANNON Service Club announces the list of supporters of this year's Main Street flag project, according to Duane Bollenbacher, club president.

An attachment at the bottom of this story lists all contributors to this year's project.

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The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton, in conjunction with the Village of Bluffton, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Bluffton American Legion, says thank you to the many businesses and individuals who helped to sponsor the 2018 Main Street flag project. The cooperation among so many people who helped this project in so many ways is truly inspiring.  And the stories behind the people who are honored  and memorialized  are heartwarming.         

Bluffton police report that on Aug. 24, Jonathon Lamb, 37, Bluffton, was sentenced to 18 years in prison during a sentencing hearing in the Hancock County Common Pleas Court. 

Mr. Lamb plead guilty to two charges of rape in June of 2018 and a pre-sentence investigation followed.  Mr. Lamb was sentenced to nine years on each count and those sentences will be served consecutively.    

Bluffton University student among recipients

Fifteen non-traditional students will be awarded Lima Rotary Club Certificates acknowledging their scholarship awards for fall 2018 classes. Presentations will be made on Monday, Aug. 27. 

Students are pursuing higher education in Radiographic Imaging, Paralegal, Registered Nursing, Licensed Practical Nursing, Elementary Education and Middle Childhood Education, AS Graphic Design/Web Page Development, BS in Health Care Administration, AA in Medical Office Management, BS in English,  Math Education, BS in Music and Business Management.  

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