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Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting teams for winter grade school youth basketball leagues, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.

Leagues offers are:
5th grade boys’ competitive league – Dec. 20 to Feb. 21
6th grade boys’ competitive league –Dec. 20 to Feb. 21

4th grade boys developmental league – Jan. 9 to Feb. 13
4th grade girls’ developmental league – Jan. 9 to Feb. 13

Contact BFR for details at 419-358-4150 or register on line at www.bfronline.net.

Bluffton Family Recreation offers two performance-training programs of eight sessions each in December lead by Jared Krout, BFR sports coordinator.

A Developmental Program, for youth ages 12 to 14, offers an introduction to performance training and adds a sport-specific component. Sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Dec. 1 to Dec. 24.

Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, announces its Thanksgiving week hours of operation, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

Monday, Nov. 23 – 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 24 – 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 25 – 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
     (no evening open gym)
Thursday, Nov. 26 – Closed
Friday, Nov. 27 – 1 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 28 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 29 – 1 to 7 p.m.

It's not your typical wedding photo - but who say your wedding photo must be typical?

The wedding photograph is of Richard and Windi (Warren) Kohli of Lima, who were married this past August. Windi is a 2009 graduate of Bluffton High School.

The photograph is by Elysian Fields Photography, LLC, owned by Kerry Bush, a Bluffton portrait photographer.

She is available for a variety of photos ranging from weddings, senior pictures, family portraits, engagements, and pets to whatever photographic needs are required.

FROM ADA ICON - Randy Cox of Bluffton has been named administrator of Vancrest of Ada nursing home, which is now under construction across from the Ada school and slated to open in February.

Cox has a long history in the nursing home business starting at an early age when his parents owned a nursing home in Ottawa.

He has worked in nursing homes in Virginia, Lima and a Vancrest facility in Holgate.

The 56,000-square-foot Ada facility, located on 18 acres, will have 50 beds for skilled nursing care and 32 assisted living units.

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