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Girl Scout team "Musical Waffles" advancing in First Lego League competition

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Bluffton Girl Scout troop 20007 proved their robotics abilities over the weekend.

The only all-girl team in the First Lego League, international robotics program and competition, placed 7th out of 24 teams in its first tournament.

The Bluffton troop received a grant from the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio to obtain the equipment needed to compete in the First Lego League competition. 

Placing 7th enables the Bluffton troop to move to the next competition level.

The team received a trophy for placing second in one of the three program categories – core values.

Elisabeth Collins in ICU at University of Michigan

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Elisabeth Collins of rural Bluffton is currently in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at the University of Michigan. She is diagnosed with primary pulmonary arterial hypertension, a life-threatening illness.

As soon as she is reinstated on the transplant list, she will be listed as the top candidate in the state for a lung transplant.

She and her husband, Josh, and their 4-year-old son, Riley, live at 2301 State Route 103. Elisabeth, 33 attend Cory-Rawson schools for most of her schooling, and graduated from Medina High School.

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Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will hold a Christmas potluck, Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 6 p .m. at the Bluffton Public Library. A white elephant exchange is planned.

The club’s current newsletter is attached at the bottom of this story.

 

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The Allen County Bike and Pedestrian Task Force will hold its annual Volunteer Recognition and Awards Program on Thursday, Nov. 30, at The Met in Lima, 306 North Main St. from 5 – 7 p.m. 

Volunteers will be recognized for their contribution to assisting with bike and pedestrian counts, bike rodeos, and their work towards supporting a bike and pedestrian friendly community. 

Recognition will be given for the Advocate of the Year, Business of the Year, and for other volunteers. 

Autumn Gesler wins $200 college scholarship

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Standing from left, Nicholas Markowski, Sophia Smucker, Danielle Novak, Autumn Gesler.

Kneeling from left to right - Kaitlyn Clymer, Lexy Lehman, Jack Howell, Emily Parker, Ashley Augsburger, Maria Spallinger.

Autumn Gesler, Bluffton High School artist, is the winner of a $200 college scholarship.

The award is from Reichenbach and Steiner CPA, and Samuel W. Diller Co., L.P.A., and is part of a holiday art judging contest sponsored by the two Main Street businesses.

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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brauen celebrated 70 years of marriage on Nov. 6.

Keith and the former Esther Lugibihl were married Nov. 6, 1947, by Rev. Ernest Bohn, Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora. 

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