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Former Bluffton resident Lois Kreider, 94, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at her home in North Newton, Kansas.

Memorial services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.

All part of February at the library

Bluffton Public Library is busy in February.

The library is hosting a NORWELD Dremel 3D printer for this month, for patrons to use. If you've never seen a 3D printer or what they are capable of, then stop by for a demonstration. Patrons are welcome to bring a flash drive with a pre-formatted file to print or choose from the selection of items available on the printer. Suggested donations are 50-cents per hour of requested print to help cover the cost of the filament.

Sign-up underway for Bluffton Diamond Sports baseball and softball

With the cold weather today, it’s a perfect time to be thinking about spring and baseball and softball. 

Bluffton Diamond Sports is now accepting registrations for the 2019 Spring - Summer youth baseball and softball teams for boys ages 7 to junior high and girls ages 8 to junior high.

Registration must be completed online at BDSonline.org.  The registration deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 12.  Registration questions may be e-mailed to [email protected]

BRRRR it's cold out here...stay inside or bundle up!!!! That's today's lesson from the message board at Bluffton High School.

Riley Creek Baptist Church, 4950 Township Road 27, Bluffton, will observe its 150th anniversary as a church on Sunday, March 24.

The day includes a 9:30 a.m. musical celebration followed by a 10:30 a.m. worship service, followed by a carry-in luncheon. A concluding service is at 2 p.m.

The day’s events celebrate the congregation’s past, present and future.

2019 community chili cook-off Feb. 20

A community chili cook-off is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the middle school. It benefits the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s food pantry, according to Lynda Best.

The Bluffton Presbyterian Church mission committee sponsors the event. Last year was the first cook-off.

Best needs volunteers to assist. Volunteers are needed to cook and serve chili (there will be a people’s choice competition), organize donations and concession sales, assist with set-up and tear-down and to promote and attend the event.

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