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As the weather turns colder, BFR offers more options for youth and adults to keep active. Sport clinics will include basic skill instructioncombined with game play. Clinics will be offered for basketball and indoor soccer and free sessions of the Quickstart Tennis program for 10 and under age players will be included as well. For adults looking for an advanced workout, the next session of Ultimate Fit will begin on Oct. 31.

Bball skills

The Bluffton Cultural Affairs Committee extends an invitation to anyone in the community to help place the Christmas lights and Ream display pieces on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn in November.

Terry Mullenhour, chair of the committee, said that the lights will be strung from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 5.

The Ream display pieces will be put in place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Boy Scouts were among recipients

Bluffton American Legion Post 382 announced the recipients of donations it awarded from proceeds of its golf outing held this summer.

One hundred precent of the net proceeds went to the following charities:

Icon viewers now have access to the October Bluffton Lions Club newsletter. It is available as an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Mothers of Preschools (MOPS) will hold a mom-to-mom sale at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The sale includes great deals on gently used baby and children's toys, baby gear and other goodies. Lots of brand names and like new quality items will be available.

Admission is $2 or two non-perishable food items. Admission and food items will be donated to the Bluffton Community Food Pantry.

Ebenezer Mennonite Church is located at 8905 Columbus Grove Road.

Meet the Petersons from Arkansas. The Icon snapped this photo in the Mennonite Memorial Home parking lot.

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