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The Bluffton Writers Group will now meet at 5:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at Maple Crest, Augsburger Road, Bluffton. Victoria Woods-Yee is the leader and contact person of the group. Contact Victoria at [email protected] for more information. New members are welcome.

Landon Armstrong makes waves in the first-ever Bluffton Swim Club home meet, held at the Putnam County YMCA in late January. Armstrong is a freshman at Bluffton High School. (Jamie Nygaard photo)

Don't forget the pickelball tournament Feb. 16

The next Bluffton Family Recreation off the wall coed softball tournament is Saturday, Feb. 29. It is for four men and two women per team. Registration deadline is one week before each tournament.

A Sunday, Feb. 16, pickleball tournament is also on the calendar. It has the following divisions:
• Men's and women's singles
• Men's and women's doubles
• Mixed doubles
Deadline to register is Sunday, Feb. 9.

Feb. 6 & Feb. 20 at 6 p.m.

Two community meals are planned for February at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

The meals are:

• Thursday, Feb. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Feb. 20, provided by Bluffton Presbyterian Church

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

Families welcome, and kids usually get served first.

Deadline to enter is 6 p.m. Sunday

CLICK HERE to enter the Icon's Oscar Contest.

Just when you thought there were no more Icon contests, the Icon Oscar’s Contest is on the way.

The contest is now accepting entries. The contest includes multi-choice questions, so you can enter even if you don’t have a clue about this year’s movies.

Men and women’s teams stop Grizzlys

The Bluffton University women's basketball team welcomed Franklin College to town on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, for Alumni Day. The Beavers were able to hold off a tough Grizzly team, 66-56. Bluffton improved to 10-9 (4-8 HCAC) while Franklin slipped to 11-7 (7-5 HCAC).

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