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Kid's night out, Halloween party, indoor soccer, adult volleyball - just for starters

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Bluffton Family Recreation has a wide assortment of programming for youth and adults this fall, according to Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator.

OPEN THE PRINTER-FRIEND ATTACHED NEWSLETTER
FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM DETAILS -

Fall festival
BFR will host a craft home expo and open house during this year's Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23.

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Three Bluffton part-time students at Rhodes State College were named to the 2017 summer semester dean's list.

Students are: Kaitlynn Elizabeth King, Jonathan Scott Shivers and Jacob Dylan Spencer.

Leading authority on Ecstasy research

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Jon E. Sprague, R.Ph., Ph.D., director and BCI Eminent Scholar at the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science at Bowling Green State University, and a leading authority on Ecstasy research, will be speaking at the University of Findlay from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30 in the Davis Street Building, Room 2225.

Police pay rates and mobile food providers also on the agenda

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NOTE: The entire agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton council considers second and third readings of three ordinances tonight. These include:
• Licensing and regulations for mobile food providers (2nd reading)
• Establishing ranges of pay for members of the police department (2nd reading)
• Addendum to the Village of Ottawa water contract of Dec. 2, 2005. (3rd reading)

The water ordinance states: “The parties agree that Bluffton has paid Ottawa for water for all contract years before 2017. “

The school bell didn't ring, but the 2017-18 school year is underway, just the same

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Do you remember your first day of first grade?

LOTS OF PHOTOS
AND A VIDEO BELOW -

• Smiles
• Panic
• New routine
• Where’s my room?
• Let’s take one more picture
• Hello, Mr. Closson
• First day jitters

All of the above represent things going on between 7:30 and 8 a.m., at Jackson and Church on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.

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Scenes like this one were taken over and over again this morning as the first day of Bluffton school took place. This view is the Honse family taking a photo of Elizabeth, 4th grader, and Anna, 1st grader. Ethan needs to wait a year. More photos and a video are posted today.

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