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Bluffton Fire, EMS and Beaverdam-Richland Fire departments responded to a house fire in Bluffton on Saturday evening. The departments and Bluffton police were on the scene after 8:15 p.m. The house, in the 200 block of Harmon Road, is between Garau and Poplar streets. Smoke could be seen coming from the second floor. Firemen put out the blaze at about 9 p.m. and remained on the scene. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO

December 10, 2016

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - It was deja vu for the Bluffton University women's basketball team when they traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. for a matchup with Rose-Hulman on Saturday, Dec. 10. The Engineers handed Bluffton its first loss of the season in game eight after snapping the Beavers school-record start in game 19 a season ago. RHIT improved to 7-2 overall with a perfect 3-0 mark in the Heartland Conference, while Bluffton fell to 6-1 and 2-1 in the HCAC.

December 10, 2016

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Rose-Hulman men's basketball team capped off a doubleheader sweep of the Beavers with a 79-70 win on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Bluffton slipped to 6-2 overall and 1-2 in the Heartland Conference, while RHIT improved to 3-3 and 2-1 in the HCAC.

The Greg's Pharmacy manager has worked here since 1989

Deb Retterer, Greg’s Pharmacy manager and pharmacist, hangs up her white coat for the final time later this month.

Retterer of Ada, has handled pharmacy needs of Bluffton area residents since 1989 when she joined Greg Conkling in a part-time position.

“When I started in Bluffton John Skelly was also still working part-time for Greg,” she said.  “When John retired in 1992, I became full time.”

Registration ending soon

Bluffton Family Recreation doesn’t halt its programming during the holidays.

Several activities take place later this month including indoor holiday soccer tournaments, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director. There’s still time to regular teams for the tourney.

The popular holiday tournaments takes place Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, Dec. 17-18-21.

Here’s the schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 17 – high school boys’
Sunday, Dec. 18 – adult open
Wednesday, Dec. 21 – high school coed

Planning to cruise Bluffton to view the lights sometime in December?

Here's a helpful map. It's your guide to finding interesting residential yard displays. It's more. It also shows the location of the Gift of Giving light show and several other worthwhile light shows in town.

Persons are also encouraged walk the Main Street retail district and view the many store windows decorated for Christmas.

The map's starting point is the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn, which houses the Ream Holiday Folk Art display.

 

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