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The fourth week of BFR’s Keeping Active Wellness Campaign will include more free walking days, free fitness classes and recreation options and a special event for Healthy Heart Day. 

Aqua Zumba

The Aqua Zumba class will be offered free on Monday, Feb. 9, at 6 PM, and the evening session of All Star Workouts will be free on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 6 PM. Free walking days are scheduled for Friday Feb. 6, Sunday Feb. 8, Wednesday, Feb. 11, Saturday, Feb. 14 and Sunday, Feb. 15.

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Bluffton High School senior, Maggie Fett, has created a four-minute video featuring the 2014 Bluffton Blaze of Lights. She created the video for a BHS class.

The video is now posted on the Icon. It will also be posted on the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce website www.explorebluffton.com.

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Several events connected to Bluffton are part of the 2015 programming of the Blanchard River Watershed Project, according to Phil Martin, director.

• The BRWP will still have two Great Lakes Commission grants in the Upper Riley Creek and Lower Riley Creek watersheds during 2015. Both grants are for Best Management Practices with the farmers.

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Bluffton teachers are preparing students for new assessments that will take place this spring, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.

The announcement was made in the winter school newsletter distributed to residents of the school district late last week.

A COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

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The Bluffton Scrap Artists recently applied for and were selected to receive a $500 grant from Ohio Quilts.

The grant will help cover the costs associated with making soldier quilts for wounded men and women in the U.S. armed forces. There will be an open sew day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Patio Room at Maple Crest Senior Living Center.

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Bluffton Community Hospital announced the following births during December and January.

December 8 -- Chandler Joel, son of Chad and Hailey Nye, Findlay

December 9 -- Brayden Allen, son of Brian and Lindsay Rutter, Elida

December 15 -- Autumn Noelle, daughter of Lydia and Christian Steiner

December 16

       -- Persephone Kay Weyer, daughter of Garrett and Tamara Weyer, Beaverdam

       -- Cristian Xavier, son of Maria and Guillermo Hernandez, Deshler

December 18 -- Addilynn Bernice, daughter of Kristi and Ben Montgomery 

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