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Little Riley Creek featured in film to premier this month

“Conservation and Agriculture: Where Land Meets Water” will premier Feb. 26 on Zoom • Collaboration between Blanchard River Watershed and West Central Ohio Land Conservancy
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 12:51pm

The Little Riley Creek is featured in a new film premiered later this month, created in part by the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP), according to Lauren Sandhu, watershed coordinator.

“Conservation and Agriculture: Where Land Meets Water” will premiere at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26,  on Zoom.  The video will be released for public viewing after the premiere.

The video project is a collaboration between BRWP and the West Central Ohio Land Conservancy (WCOLC). It features farmland, conservation practices and waterways in Allen and Hancock Counties.

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Icon book review: How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

A romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs and hieroglyphics
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 12:12pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

In #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult’s latest novel, the book of two ways (Ballentine Books, Isbn 978-1-4328-8334-8), romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs, and hieroglyphics. With four pages of reference materials at the finish you can immerse yourself in a time far past knowing the details of that time are accurate and made simple for us to understand.

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Weather is suddenly challenging

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 11:14am

February's weather quickly turned challenging in the past three days. 

Below is a summary of temperature and snow readings so far this month, from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Bluffton girls get rematch with Cory-Rawson

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 10:15am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls basketball team was seeded eighth out of 14 teams at the Van Wert district/Div. IV super sectional drawing held recently.

The Lady Pirate cagers (11-9) will visit local rival Cory-Rawson (13-6) in the first round Wednesday, February 17 at 7 p.m. The seventh-seeded Lady Hornets knocked off the Pirate girls 39-29 at Bluffton back in the season opener.

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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 9:32am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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Bluffton matmen 4th at NWC meet

• Tayton Kleman co-MVP • 3 Pirates win weight titles
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 8, 2021 - 5:07pm

Co-MVPs are:
120# Champion - Tayton Kleman (Bluffton)
285# Champion - Jeff Meyer (Columbus Grove)
Coach-of-the-Year - Ernie Siefker (Columbus Grove)

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton varsity wrestling team hosted the annual Northwest Conference title meet Friday. The Pirates finished a solid fourth out of eight teams as three Bluffton grapplers secured individual championships.

Allen East narrowly won its fifth straight league title with 264.5 points, edging second-place Columbus Grove by a mere half point.

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