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Friday morning chamber meetings resume on Zoom

Featuring Blanchard River Watershed Partnership and West Central Ohio Land Conservancy

The story was updated at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 9.

It’s September and that means the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast meetings are on the calendar.

The first meeting of the new season is Friday morning. It features the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership and West Central Ohio Land Conservancy, according to Paula Scott, CEO of the chamber.

Ken Mauer (wcolc.org) and Lauren Sandhu (blanchardriver.org) are the featured. They will discuss a rescheduled water and land tour.

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In a pickle

We don't know if there is such a thing as a "friendly" game of pickleball. We just watch from the side court. Here's Jon Sommer and Mikiro Sato playing Jerry Weaver and Rich Bucher in a serious contest at Bluffton Family Recreation.

Mustangs rally past Pirates

upset-minded Pirates scored on ther first two drives to lead 14-0

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Visiting Allen East came back from an early 14-point deficit to defeat feisty county rival Bluffton 46-22 in a Northwest Conference battle on a pleasant Friday night at Harmon Field.

Defending league tri-champion AE improved to 2-0 (2-0 NWC East) with the come from behind victory. The Pirates fell to 0-2 overall and 0-2 in the NWC East with the defeat. 

The upset-minded Pirates scored on ther first two drives to lead 14-0. But AE did not panic, and they rallied to score 33 unanswered points and take control.

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Pirate boys stomp Alder

Spallinger and Schriner score twice; Antrim and Basil once

By Cort Reynolds
 BLUFFTON - The homestanding Bluffton boys soccer team whipped Jonathan Alder 6-1 Saturday evening at Steinmetz Field. 

The Pirates improved to 4-0 with the lopsided win. Defending state runner-up Bluffton was ranked first in the first regional Northwest Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Div. III poll released this week. 

Bluffton junior Jude Spallinger and senior Jonathan Schriner each scored two first-half goals to pace the Pirates to victory. Spallinger also doled out three assists, while Schriner dished out two assists.

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Lady Pirate netters play at Elida Invite

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton girls tennis team competed in the Elida Invitational tournament Saturday at the Denny Schwinnen Courts. 

The four-team event included Bluffton, Celina, Elida and Van Wert. Van Wert was victorious at singles and "A" doubles, and narrowly captured the Invitational team title by one point over Celina.

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Can you identify this location?

This is a tough one for those under, say 55. It's a construction photograph of a Bluffton swimming pool that no longer exists.

The year is 1955 or '56. Paul Diller, father of Jim Diller, took this photo, originally as a color slide. Jim is in the process of transferring the slide into a easiler to view format.

We believe that Jim Benroth, brother of Gene and Bob, is the man watching the work on the far right, in the teal colored shirt.

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