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Tuesday, Dec. 6 is the last anticipated day for leaf pick-up in Bluffton, according to Nancy Kindle.

Residents may still bring their leaves to the brush dump or bag them and they will be picked up when brush is picked up.
 
 

Tuesday evening at Bluffton Senior Center

BG Insurance Group will present a program at the Bluffton Senior Center at 132 N. Main St., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. on “Preparing for the Next Stage of Life," according Tonya Meyer, director.

The program is the first of series and will be covering Senior healthcare options. The program is free and open to the public.

 

Daily average temperature 4 1/2 degrees above normal

November in Bluffton – a month of great weather.

While the normal average November temperature here is 41.5 degrees, this year’s average was 46 degrees. Only seven days had temperatures reaching below freezing.

These figures are from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.  Verhoff also noted that November’s normal precipitation is 1.10 inches; this month’s was 3.16 inches.

There was no recorded snowfall this November. In November, 2015, Bluffton area had already experienced one-half inch of snowfall (Nov. 22, 2015).

Bluffton High School graduate, also worked at Mennonite Memorial Home

Mary Ann Augsburger, 69, died Nov. 30, 2016 at her residence. Mary was born April 20, 1947, in Bluffton to the late Noah "Junior" and Dolly (Johnson) Zimmerman.  On July 31, 1971, she married Tom Augsburger who survives.

Mary Ann graduated from Bluffton High School. She worked alongside her husband, Tom, at Town & Country Meats, Bluffton. She later retired from Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton where she worked in the laundry department. 

Mary Ann was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton. 

November 30, 2016
By: Jared Sleutz, sports information assistant

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BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team equaled its best start since 2011-12 when the Beavers hounded Kalamazoo College in a 68-54 victory on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Kalamazoo slipped to 2-3 on the season, while the Beavers stayed perfect at 5-0 heading into Heartland Conference action at Transylvania on Saturday.

The Bluffton High School show choir performed on Saturday in downtown Bluffton following the Blaze of Lights parade. More post-parade photos by Jamie Nygaard are below.

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