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Gaze into the ONU telescope on Friday night

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2015 - 3:33pm

What a way to celebrate the arrival of spring.

The ONU Observatory will be open to the public from 9 - 11 p.m. on Friday, March 20, to celebrate the Spring Equinox and a new moon, according to Dr. Jason Pinkney, manger of the observatory.

"The spring, or vernal equinox is the start of spring and it is marked by the northward passage of the Sun across the celestial equator," said Pinkney. "There also happens to be a total solar eclipse on this day, but it will not be visible from the United States."

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These guys played against WBL opponents 65 seasons ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2015 - 3:20pm

Presenting the Bluffton High School Pirates boys' basketball team - 65 seasons ago. It was the 1949-50 squad, and they finished the year with an impressive record of 12 wins in 16 games.

Names of the players are on the photo. Click on image to enlarge.

P.S. This team played its games in the old gym against Western Buckeye League opponents.

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Columbus Grove presents "Beauty and the Beast"

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on March 17, 2015 - 10:18am

The Columbus Grove choral department will hold its 48th annual high school musical Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21. Performances will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Columbus Grove auditorium.

This year’s production is Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast." The cast will
feature high school students Alyssa Langhals, Marcus Delarosa, Kasey Kruse,
Grant Anderson, Austin Spangler, Amanda Shafer, Krista Welty, Christine
Ricker, Eli Wisswasser, Kyle Shafer, and Rayne Sharrits, as well as a
cast and crew of 38 additional high school students.

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Community VBS planning meeting March 23

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on March 17, 2015 - 10:12am

This summer's VBS program will be hosted by Bluffton Presbyterian Church July 19-23, from 6-8 p.m. The curriculum will be Bible Blast from the Past.

Volunteers from seven local churches will ​​work together to provide this free  program to the community: Presbyterian, St. Mary's Catholic, English Lutheran, Emmanuel UCC, St. Johns UCC, First Mennonite, First Methodist.

A planning meeting is set for Mon. March 23 at 7 p.m.at the Presbyterian Church, Main Street.

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They're back! and they always return between March 10 and March 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2015 - 6:55am

Lima has the Bean as its mascot, so why not turn an ackward situation into a, well, a tourist attraction?

The buzzards are back in town. Lynn Nowak spotted them hanging out on Garmatter Street on March 10 and provided this photo. Since then lots of sighting have taken place.

We've observed these big, black guys in town every spring since 2001.Their appearance in town coincides with buzzards returning to Hinkley, Ohio, each March 15. Our hunch is that one of the flights to Hinkley in 2001 took a wrong turn ending here. 

The rest is history.

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Lima author has March 28 book signing at Book Reviews

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2015 - 6:27am

A first-time author will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 28, at Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., accoding to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Mary Suzanne Hofmann of Lima will sign copies of her book "From Diapers to Diapers: A Journey through Life."

Walton said, "Everyone has a story to tell about their journey through life. Mary Suzanne Hofmann started writing down stories for her grandchildren, as seen in early chapters, “There has to be a beginning… and this is it” and ends with, “Takin’ the train to heaven.”

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