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January 10, 2018
By: Colton Steiner, sports information assistant

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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men’s basketball team faced off against the other purple school, Defiance College, in a conference battle at home on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The Beavers went up by double digits near the end of the first half and didn’t look back as they swatted the Yellow Jackets, 75-47, to improve to 6-8 (3-4 HCAC) on the season. DC fell to 3-11 and 2-5 in the conference.

It's all revealed at Thursday's Senior Citizens OVAL class

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Bluffton Senior Citizens Association announces it winter session of Our Version of Adult Learning (OVAL) classes, according to Tonya Meyer, director.

The following january classes are held at the Senior Center, 132 N. Main St., and are free  and open to the public.

• Thursday, Jan. 11 – 9:30 a.m. – Bob Gordon-Hancock, “How the credit card banking industry works.”

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Vintage vinyl is in the Bluffton Public Library's display case this month. It includes a collection of classic records and album covers, both 45 rpm and 33 1/3 rpm, the 1960s and 1970s.

Accident runs increased this year

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Note: A monthly chart is attached at the bottom of this story covering 2016 and 2017.

Bluffton Fire Department’s 2017 runs were very similar to 2016, according to Jon Kinn, fire chief.

The department reported 109 runs in 2017 and 101 in 2016. Kinn told Bluffton council that the department’s response to 27 accidents in 2017 was higher than normal. The 2016 accident response was 19.

The highest month for calls was February with 12.

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Kaly Jolliff​, a Bluffton High School senior, is the Icon's January artist of the month.

She has enrolled in Art 1, Design 1, Design 2, Art Seminar, and Mural Painting, according to Vickie Garmon art education teacher at BHS,

"I enjoy art, because it gives me the capability to express myself through many types of media," said Kaly. Following graduation she plans to study mortuary science at Bowling Green State University.

 

Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21; January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month

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Ebenezer Mennonite Church hosts a Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21 at the church, 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.

The seminar is part of the congregation's January Human Trafficking Awareness Month awareness.

Seminar details follow

Saturday, Jan. 20, 2 to 7:30 p.m.
• Connie Anderson, director of Justice Ministries for InterVarsity Fellowship, presents Human Trafficking 101. It takes place in Ebenezer Fellowship Hall and a free pizza supper is included.

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