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Football: Beavers 1 TD shy of Franklin

Bluffton travels to Mt. St. Joseph on Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 5:30pm

By: Jack Reed, sports information assistant

The Bluffton University football team was back in action on a sunny Saturday, March 27, as the Beavers welcomed Franklin College to Salzman Stadium.

Bluffton entered the contest with a record of 3-1 as they looked to rebound from their only loss of the season at Hanover last week. Franklin came into Saturday's game with a 2-1 mark, their only blemish a 56-19 shellacking at the hands of MSJ last week.

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Beaver baseball, sofftball updates

Women beat Manchester twice; men split with Hanover
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 5:25pm

Here are updates on Bluffton University baseball and softball games.

Baseball
The Bluffton University baseball team split a pair of two-run games at Hanover College on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Hanover took game one (6-4) and Bluffton bounced back with an 8-6 victory in the capper. The Beavers moved to 2-10 overall and in the conference, while Hanover stands 7-5 on both accounts.

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Wind turbine fire

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 2:47pm

An early morning fire destroyed one of the three wind turbines on the Ohio Northern University campus. Click here for the story and additional photos.

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ONU wind turbine blaze

Friday morning fire destroys one of three Ohio Northern University wind turbines
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 2:38pm

FROM ADA ICON -Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department was called to a wind turb fire reported at 4:31 a.m., Friday morning (March 26), according to the Ada police report.

The turbine at Klingler Road and County Road 50 is one of three on the Ohio Northern University campus.

According to Northern Review @NorthernOnLine, Klingler Road and part of the “Green Monster” (bike and pedestrian path) were temporarily blocked off as crews attempted to put out the blaze.

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Your invitation to be a friend of the library

Service organization raises funds for programs the library can no longer fund
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2021 - 1:56pm

Friends of the Bluffton Public Library 2021 membership drive is underway, according to Deb Beer, Friends president.

The cost of a membership is only $5. According to Beer, the Friends now have over 40 members and hope for the number to increase.

“The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library is a service organization,” she said. “Our main goal is raising money for the library programs that can no longer be funded by the library board due to cuts in state funding.

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Transformative stardom of ordinary people

That's the message of this year's Keeney Peace Lecturer
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 26, 2021 - 3:05pm

During Bluffton University’s annual Keeney Peace Lecture, Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr. called on members of the campus community to “courageously use their resources, platforms and privilege to disrupt and dismantle policies that discriminate and decimate.”

Sullivan, an ordained minister, executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches and anti-death penalty activist, shared the message during the March 9 Forum, “The Transformative Stardom of Ordinary People.”

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