Posted by Fred Steiner on January 26, 2021 - 3:32pm
Leona Row Conrad died Jan. 25, 2021. She was born on July 28, 1938, in Alvada, Ohio, to Arvel Row and Lou Anna Carpenter.
She graduated from Vanlue High School. She married Donavon Jan Conrad on Dec. 2, 1961. She worked at Marathon Oil in accounts payable and later at Cooper Tire in payroll.
She is survived by three children, Jon (Lorie) of Mountain View Wyoming; Canda (John) Rooney of Sedona, Arizona, and Michael of Davison, Michigan, 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A small, mysterious business was opened in that room (reference to the rear of 101 N. Main St.) by a guy from out of town not long before the Dillinger gang came to town
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2021 - 9:21pm
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A Bluffton John Dillinger story from Charles Hilty that you've never heard -
A story told to me by my father was that a small, mysterious business was opened in that room (reference to the rear of 101 N. Main St.) by a guy from out of town not long before the Dillinger gang came to town.
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2021 - 5:19pm
The Bluffton University women defeated Earlham College on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. It was a close contest but the Beavers held on for the 58-49 win, moving the Beavers to 9-1 on the year.
The visitors started off the game slowly, falling behind 15-9 at the end of the first quarter. Junior Brianna Gillig (New Riegel) fueled the Beavers in the first with four early points and a steal. Emma Saltzman (Arcadia) cleaned up the boards as well with two rebounds.
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2021 - 5:00pm
By Nathan Zuercher, sports information assistant
The Beavers headed to Earlham College on Friday, Jan. 22, to battle the Quakers. The Beavers bested the home team, winning 69-55 and staying undefeated at 6-0 on the season while the Quakers fell to 1-2.
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 25, 2021 - 4:40pm
By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - A late rally by visiting Bluffton came up short in a 39-35 loss at Riverdale in non-conference girls basketball action Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Pirates trailed 30-22 after three quarters before staging a comeback. The Falcon girls methodically built leads of 9-5 and 21-16 following the first two periods of play.
Pirate Riley Eachus canned two final-stanza trifectas, and senior teammate Laykin Garmatter added one trey to help spearhead the rally.