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By Sam Brauen

Week seven of the 2015 Bluffton football schedule saw The Big Red take the field for the second straight week against a run-heavy, state-ranked opponent.  Spencerville, fourth in the latest poll, dispatched the Pirates 41-7 behind 296 yards and six touchdowns from senior running back Zach Goecke. 

Like Delphos Jefferson the week before, the Bearcats racked up over 400 rushing yards on their way to the victory. Goecke wasn’t the only weapon out of the SHS backfield.

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Bluffton Family Recreation is accepting registrations for a winter adult men’s basketball league, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director.

The league will start play on Tuesday, Nov. 3. All games start at 6:30 p.m. and are played at BFR, Bluffton.

Registration, including payment and team roster, is due by Friday, Oct. 23. Team members must be 18 or older by Nov. 3. The price per team is $225.

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It looks like a football score, but it's girls' soccer.

Bluffton defeated Crestview on the road on Oct. 12 16-0.

Bluffton goals by:  Sierra Ribley (2), Katie Burkholder (2), Abbie Parkins (4), Brooke Koontz (1), Anna Fredritz (1), Hannah Conley (1), Ashley Augsburger (1), Averey Rumer (3), Sarah Cartwright (1)

Bluffton assists by:  Hanna Conley (2), Katie Burkholder (1), Kelli Leugers (1), Averey Rumer (3), Abbie Parkins (1), Brooke Koontz (1)

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Bluffton's United Way is off to a great start. The three local banks, Chase, Citizens National Bank and First National Bank, assisted the UW by sharing the $500 administrative costs to the United Way national organization. That means all donations from here on stay in Bluffton. From left, Tonya Meyers, Senior Citizens, a UW agency; Duane Bollenbacher, United Way president; Neil Reichenbach, United Way treasurer; Emily von Stein, Chase; Lauren Beasley, Citizens National; and Brendon Matthews, First National.

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Easy Italian Pork Chop Dinner
Recipe from Linda Ferguson in the Ada sesquicentennial cookbook, 2002

4 large pork loin chops
1/4 c. Italian salad dressing, plus 2 T.
2 T. cooking oil
4 medium potatoes - peeled and thinly sliced
1 small onion - sliced

Marinate pork chops in 1/4 c. Italian dressing for 3 hours, turning occasionally. Remove the marinade and brown both sides in oil.

Season with salt and pepper. Place in baking dish.

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Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Bluffton, will host a piano-violin recital, open to the public, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, in its patio room.

The program will include a range of music from classical to arrangement of hymns and other well-known works.

Performing on piano is George Bixler of Orrville. He is a Bluffton College graduate and former student of Jean Szabo, Maple Crest resident, and the late James Bixel. He sister, Phyllis Bixler, is a Maple Crest resident.

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