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Here are members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B during the 1963-64 school year. Names are under the photo.

Front from left, Mike Reichenbach, Dave Montgomery, Joe Steiner, Gary Zimmerman, Loren Core, Steve Clark, Larry Crow, Tom Benroth, Gene Balmer.

Second row from left, Dennis Gable, Bill Swank, John Mericle, Larry Amstutz, Dave Travis, Fred Rodabaugh, Tom Bogart, Jim Dillman. 

Third row from left, Tom Basinger, Dan Lehman, Sam Reineke, Tom Warren, Charles Baker, Tom Augsburger Lee Cookson, coach Mark Covert.

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The Icon found MONTANO on a dark red Dodge Caravan in the parking lot of Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

On Nov. 7 & Nov. 15

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Two free meals, open to the public, are set at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center in November. 

The meals are at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, hosted by Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, and at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, hosted by First United Methodist Church.

The center is located at 132 N. Main St., Bluffton. All ages are welcome (and children usually get served first). 

Contact the Center, 419-358-8971, for the menus. 

So, Bluffton Halloweeners celebrated indoors

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LOTS OF PHOTOS 
AT BOTTOM OF STORY -
It was a dark and stormy night.

And, it was Oct. 31, 2019.

However, Bluffton’s Halloweener’s had a Plan B. It is this: when the weather’s howling outside, go inside.

And, so places like the Bluffton Public Library,  Bluffton Family Recreation and the English Lutheran Church attracted more candy that you’d find tossed in a homecoming parade.

The Icon shares some of the costume-wearers photos in this first in a two-part series.

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Bluffton High School boys' soccer players react as they defeat Ottawa Hills, the number 1 ranked Division III team in Ohio. CLICK HERE for Cort Reynolds' story and Marvin Foster's photos.

Bluffton boys upset top-ranked OH in regional finals;  Pirates advance to state final 4 with 4-2 shootout win 

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Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos  below by Marvin Foster
DEFIANCE - The Bluffton boys soccer team outlasted number one-ranked Ottawa Hills 4-2 in penalty kicks after a double overtime epic in Div. III regional final action at Defiance Saturday evening.

The Pirate upset victory, their sixth match win in a row, improved their season record to 17-2-2. State poll regular season champion Ottawa Hills ended their campaign 16-3-2 after the defeat.

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