This is basketball week in Bluffton. Twelve games in three McDonald’s Holiday Basketball Tournaments with all games in Bluffton are completed or underway. This week’s holiday tournament basketball schedule and results follow:
UNIVERSITY WOMEN - at Sommer Center
Thursday, Dec. 29
5 p.m. – Hope vs. St. Thomas
7 p.m. – Bluffton vs. Centre
Friday, Dec. 30
Noon – Consolation game
5 p.m. – Title game
Now that it is publicly known that Jim Kinn will be retiring, all of us at Stratton Auto Sales and Bluffton Auto Repair Center would like to wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. We want to thank him for the year and a half that he has been with us in opening the new repair shop.
We look forward to working with the public as we remain open and operational. Mr. Kinn has helped train the person that will be taking over the repair shop for him and we have all the confidence in the world in our new manager.
Bluffton High School defeated Allen East 66-52 in overtime to win the 2016 McDonald’s boys’ basketball holiday tournament.
Gabe Denecker, Luke Denecker and Zane Myers were the three Pirates named to the all-tournament team. Myers, who scored 22 points in the title game, was the tournament MVP.
Arlington defeated Cory-Rawson 54-35 in the consolation game.
An Dec. 31 early-bird registration deadline is closing in on persons interested in entering the 2017 Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition.
Persons who register by Dec. 31 pay only $125. After the 31st the registration fee is $150.
Cash and in-kind awards valued at $7,000 are prizes the competition
To enter, contestants must complete an entry form by Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.
These Bluffton Girl Scouts sing in the Bluffton Presbyterian Church every evening in December. The cutouts, created by Terry Mullenhour, are part of the Ream display. This week is your final chance to view the display in downtown Bluffton.
Icon viewers will appreciate the January programming at the Bluffton Public Library. Here's a summary of events planned.
Registration for Winter Storytime opens Jan. 3. You may register via phone (419-358-5016), or email ([email protected]), or at the front desk. Space is limited to 18 children per session. This program is for Preschool Children (ages 3 to 5), and occurs on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. or Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
