Allen East senior Kaycee Rowe was a near unanimous selection choice as 2013-14 NWC Player of The Year in voting by Northwest Conference girls basketball coaches. Rowe received 119 of a possible 120 first place points to earn POY honors over Crestview junior, Lyndsey Motycka (109 points) and Ada junior, Tory Wyss (106 points).
Rowe averaged 18.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.6 steals per game in leading the Mustangs to a 6-2 conference record and second place in the NWC.
Norm Hostettler, a representative of AARP, assists in filling out federal tax forms for an area senior couple at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. The volunteers will now be available on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appointment. Contact the center for details. Click for more information.
Eleven area businesses and organizations are sponsors of the 2014 Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs Ropp Triplett Business Plan competition, according to Brendon Matthews, BCE board president. Sponsors contributions total over $6,000.
Major sponsors are:
• Reichenbach and Steiner CPAs
• Bluffton University
• Allen Economic Development Group.
Bluffton’s next cash mob is from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, at The Black Lab Trading Co., 121 N. Main St.
The Black Lab will feature almost every regular priced item in the store will be 40% off from 4 to 6 p.m.
"If you have had your eye on something, be sure to come up, a sale like this may never happen like this again," said Julie Stratton of The Black Lab. In addition, the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will provide a drawing for a $50 shopping spree to be used at The Black Lab.
