Living in Bluffton

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A Jamar Butler Basketball Camp takes place in July at Bluffton Family Recreation.

The camp is Saturday, July 16, at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton. Grades 1 to 4 sessions are from 9 a.m. to noon. Grades 5 to 8 sessions are from 1 to 4 p.m.

Butler is a former Lima Shawnee and Ohio State University basketball player.

Cost for the camp is $50 and registration includes a t-shirt. Campers should bring water bottles, a basketball and basketball shoes.

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An adult softball league is forming for summer play. Games are Mondays or Wednesdays at 6 p.m. from July 11 to Aug. 17 at the Bluffton village park.

The cost per team is $300. Teams can register online at www.bfronline.com/register, or contact BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

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Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting registrations for its summer adult coed sand volleyball league, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

The five-week season includes matches each Tuesday in June from 7 and 8 p.m. at the Bluffton University sand courts on Rosenberger Drive.

Each team must have at least three women on the court at all times. Best of three matches wins and team members must be 18 as of June 1. Registration is $150 per team.

Contact BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, 419-358-4150 for more details.

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Four teams are ready to go in this summer’s Bluffton Community Olympics and there’s room for your team to compete.

The Olympics is Saturday, July 30. Team sign-up is soon.

Teams already signed up:
• Bluffton Hospital
• Family Eye Care
• Citizens National Bank
• Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue

Bluffton Family Recreation in cooperation with the Village of Bluffton and the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the Olympics.

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Bluffton Family Recreation's summer newsletter is now on The Icon. It provides information about all spring and summer class offerings of BFR.

These include:
• Summer Olympics
• Summer youth basketball camps
• Tee Ball League
• Summer youth camps
• Youth golf clinic
• Elementary and junior high basketball camps
• Adult softball leagues
• BFR golf outing
• Performance training
• Sand volleyball sign up
• Ride to Remember
• Challenger Sports camps

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Bluffton Family Recreation, 2015 Snider Road, Bluffton, offers summer basketball camps for elementary and junior high youth in June.

A camp for first through fifth graders takes place Monday, June 13, to Friday, June 17.

Then, from June 20-24, is a sixth through eighth grade camp. Camps are from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Jerry Tripp instructs the camps. Each camp covers passing, shooting, defense and dribbling. Campers receive a free t-shirt.

Registration is $45 per youth or $40 for BFR members. Sign up at www.bfronline.com.

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