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Introducing Billy Marchal's quick change battery clamp

Will replace the battery clamp used on vehicles since 1940
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 2:07pm

WATCH THE VIDEO AND
VIEW THE PHOTOS BELOW –
How often have you struggled to remove the clamp attached to your car battery? 

You know, that clamp first designed for under-the-hood use in vehicles invented 80 car models ago?

Bill Marchal, former owner of the Bluffton Dari Freeze, said that he decided something need to be done. So, he did it himself. 

He invented a clamp that replaces, in a flash, the pre-World War II technology.

It all started on a cold, windy day, as he tried to remove the battery from his tractor. 

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ODOT proposal: remove access to U.S. 30 at Cool and Mayberry

Construction tentatively expected in 2022
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 1:36pm

ODOT to disclose U.S. 30 intersection safety project information in online format

A prerecorded presentation details proposal for three intersections in Allen County

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 invites the public to view a prerecorded, online presentation regarding an intersection safety project proposed for three intersections along U.S. 30 in Allen County.

Construction is tentatively expected to begin in 2022.

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Lynn Wolford was retired from Ohio Department of Transportation

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 1:26pm

A. Lynn Wolford, 84, died July 22, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora. Lynn was born August 5, 1935, in Arlington to the late Oscar and Mary (Wood) Wolford. On April 8, 1983 he married Kathy Knitz Wolford who survives.

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Obituaries
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Certainly not a Boehring door

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 1:09pm

Not Boehring, really. Just a play on words. Instead, rather interesting. Anyone who has walked down Vine Street reconizes the Boehr Realty door and its years and years of chamber and related stickers. Here's a photo collection showing stickers in this montage taken by Paula Scott, chamber CEO.

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2011 Bluffton grad named assistant track and field coach at ONU

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 10:55am

Jason Fisher has been named a full-time assistant coach for the Ohio Northern men's and women's track and field teams.

Fisher becomes the first full-time throws coach in ONU history and will work with the team's discus, javelin, shot put and weight throw student/athletes.

He spent the 2019-20 season as a part-time assistant coach for the Polar Bears and will be in his second season at Ohio Northern.

He came to ONU after five seasons as a throws coach for Bluffton University and three more as a throws coach at Parkway High School.

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Alexandra Besecker on Hofstra dean's list

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 10:39am

Alexandra Besecker of Bluffton achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the Spring 2020 semester, earning a spot on the Provost's List at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.

 

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