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Are the fish biting?

Are the fish biting?

The ice is off the Buckeye; maybe the fish are biting. Two fishermen launched the 2010 Buckeye fishing season on Sunday fishing on the north bank. The fishing was under the watchful eye of several curious ducks.

NDH 2 - Is there an NDH 1?

This much is known: It's a Putnam County plate. But, who is NDH and is ther an NDH 1?

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Three more 60+ degree days, then we hit bottom

Three more 60+ degree days, then we hit bottom. Spring is here but the temperature keeps fooling around with us. Here are the highs and lows for the past seven days provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.


Date High Low Rain

16th 59 29

17th 61 27

18th 66 33

19th 65 40

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Village transferring property back to Bluffton University

Bluffton council learned that two parcels of land that the village holds title to should be transferred to Bluffton University. That fact was announced at the March 22 Bluffton council meeting.

According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the first is the parcel where the old water tower was located (behind Founders Hall). The second parcel is where Riley Creek Court complex is located.

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Assembling Haiti relief kits

Assembling Haiti relief kits

On their spring-break tour, members of Shining Through, Bluffton University's music ministry team, contributed to the Haiti earthquake relief effort during a stop at the Mennonite Central Committee Material Resource Center in Akron, Pa. Helping assemble relief kits here are (left to right) Joel Wildermuth of Sidney; Abbi Stern of Chambersburg, Pa.; Robin Snyder of Delta; Zachary Berlon (back) of Kettering; Kelsey Smith (in green) of Celina; Andrew Chamberlain of Lima; and Anna Pawsey of Clyde.

15 minutes with Mary Catherine Bixel Waltner (aka Bix)

Mary Bixel Waltner

Hey, I never knew your middle name. Where did you go to college?
I graduated in 1968 from Bluffton High School and had no idea what I wanted for my life I just knew I needed to get out of Bluffton. I had heard about Freeman Jr. College through a student of my father's at BC and decided that's where I wanted to go. I majored in music and Tim, my husband, who I met there, with a general education degree. Our intent was to finish college but, unfortunately it never happened.

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