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Bluffton harriers 3rd at Spencerville Invite

Erik Nygaard finished a strong sixth in the 160-runner field with a time of 17:42.2
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2020 - 2:03pm

By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The Bluffton boys cross country team finished an impressive third out of 15 teams at the Spencerville Invitational Saturday.

Shawnee won the boys black division race team title with 66 points, followed by Ottawa-Glandorf (115) and Bluffton (133).

Pirate sophomore Erik Nygaard finished a strong sixth in the 160-runner field with a time of 17:42.2 to lead Bluffton.

Sophomore Sam Derstine came in 15th in 18:21.5. Senior Elijah Conley ended up 25th in 18:55.4, and classmate Brandon Good was 32nd overall in 19:25.4. 

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Identity this location and go home with a Padrone's Pizza

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2020 - 11:21am

Can you identify the Bluffton location of this scene? If so, send your answer to: [email protected], in care of PHOTO CONTEST.

 We will not accept answers from Facebook. 

The winner receives a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone's Pizza. Deadline to enter is 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18.

In case of a tie, the winner will be selected in a drawing of all correct entries.

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Last week's poll results; invitation to take this week's poll

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 14, 2020 - 9:44am

Here are the results from last week's Icon poll. Click here to take this week's poll asking Would you have faith in a covid-19 vaccine introduced to the public before Nov. 3?

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Intense

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 13, 2020 - 2:42pm

Rae Staton shares these photos with Icon viewers of the Bluffton boys' versus Perrysburg soccer match. The game with the Division I ranked team ended in a tie. Click here for the story.

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Forgotten Bluffton: Why is there a railroad depot on North Main Street?

It served passengers and freight on the now-abandoned Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 13, 2020 - 2:18pm

Why is there a railroad depot on North Main Street, but no railroad tracks?

The answer is because the depot, now  home of Board and Brush, was originally constructed as a freight and passenger depot for a now-abandoned railroad.

Organized in 1881, it arrived in Bluffton as the Cleveland, Delphos and St. Louis Railroad. Then, in 1884 it became the Pittsburgh, Akron and Western Railroad. Due to more railroad mergers, in 1895, it became the Northern Ohio Railway. Later the Northern Ohio became the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, or the AC&Y.

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Ada farm harvests the wind

You can see the wind turbines looking east on State Route 235
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 13, 2020 - 2:15pm

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FROM ADA ICON - When you first think of a farm, you usually think, grain or livestock.

Just east of Ada – you can see it from State Route 235 – there's a farm that's a different animal, harvesting a different crop.

The Hog Creek wind farm, officially known as the Hog Creek Wind Project, is a farm located within several farms that grow and raise grain and livestock. Hog Creek Wind Project harvests the wind and sells it as energy. Its parent company is EDP Renewables.

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