Tobias Buckell's Arctic Rising, and Hurricane Fever
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 12, 2020 - 11:57am
Local author speculates dire nightmares.
Review by Robert McCool
It's Monday in a sunny August blur where the world is in full bloom, the weather fine. During the past two days, and in addition to my regular weekend chores, I managed to read two speculative fiction novels where the weather is most definitively not fine.
Those books, Arctic Rising (Tor, ISBN 978-0-7653-1921-0), and Hurricane Fever (Tor, ISBN 978-0-7653-1922-7) byTobias S. Buckell take place in a space where global warming is transforming our world with an undesirable outcome.
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 12, 2020 - 11:17am
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton girls tennis team lost at Shawnee 5-0 Tuesday.
The defeat dropped the Lady Pirate net record to 0-2. Shawnee swept all 10 sets in the dual match.
The freshmen second doubles tandem of Caitlyn Couch and Brooke Camper came closest to winning a set, but they lost their second set in a 7-6 tiebreak (7-4 in points).
Seniors Julia Smallcombe, Olivia Barnes and Pearl Lewandowski fell in singles play. Juniors Libby Frazier and Ellie Nickel also lost at first doubles.
Bentley Road pathway extension ribbon cutting in September
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 11, 2020 - 4:08pm
Bluffton council heard updates on several bike-related topics on Monday.
Bluffton’s council streets and alleys committee, meeting Aug. 4, reported that bike racks will soon appear in several Main Street locations, encouraging the use of bicycles in the village.
Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Allen County Health Department’s "Creating Healthy Communities,” bike riders will have 17 places to park on Main Street.