NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Despite another big night from Thayne Recker (Arlington), the Bluffton University men’s basketball team fell to host North Central College on Saturday, Nov. 22, by a final of 77-61. Recker scored 24 points on 9-for-10 shooting while adding five boards to follow up his 25-point, 11-rebound performance in Friday’s loss. The Beavers fell to 1-2 while the Cardinals are now 2-0 early in the season.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving in Bluffton means more than just the OSU-Michigan football game.
It means the Blaze of Lights.
But, the Blaze of Lights is more than just a one-day event. In addition to the events taking place on Nov. 29, it includes these elements that continue nightly through Jan. 1:
• the Ream folk art holiday display
• the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza
• Bluffton Main Street business district Christmas window displays
• a tour of Bluffton’s residential yard lighting
Kelsey Mohr, 4, (left) and her sister Makenna, 7, give Santa an earful. The two girls are daughters Greg and Becky Mohr of Bluffton. Saturday was Santa's first visit to Bluffton this season. You'll see Mr. and Mrs. Claus in next Saturday's Blaze of Lights parade. They will meet youth in the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center following the parade. Santa returns to Bluffton on Saturday, Dec. 6 and 13.
Coming to Ten Thousand Villages, 115 S. Main St., Blufton, is a buy one, get one 50 percent off jewelry sale, according to Aphaphanh Nussbaum, manager.
The sale takes place for two days only - Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28 and 29.
