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University hires first-ever swimming and diving coach

Ben Rath was previous Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 4:07pm

Bluffton University has selected Ben Rath as its head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach, an intercollegiate program to start in the 2021-22 academic year. 

Rath graduated from the University of Findlay in December 2018 with a bachelor’s in Sports Business Analysis. He also served as the team captain on Findlay’s men’s swimming and diving team for two years and was named the 2018 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year and the 2018 GMAC/MEC Male Swimmer of the Meet.

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Bluffton University
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Donald Mowery was an AEP meter reader

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 3:55pm

Donald Mowery, 92, died March 18, 2021, at Taylor Place in Findlay. Donald was born June 1, 1928, in Allen County, Ohio to the late Jesse and Evadna (Tidd) Mowery. He was married to Hazel Rumsey Mowery and she survives. 

Donald was a meter man for American Electric Power. 

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Mowery of Findlay; two daughters, Carla (Daryl) Richard of Bluffton, Denise (Tim) Duff of Findlay; a grandson, Jim (Barb) Waldman; five great-grandchildren, Hannah, Jacob, Samuel, John and A.J. Waldman; and a sister, Patricia Moyer of Waynesfield, Ohio.

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Obituaries
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Off-Broadway drama opens on Little Riley Creek

A cast so far includes a hooded merganser, two mallards, a heron, many vultures, crows, Canada geese and a lone muskrat
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 3:21pm

Don't miss the photos of cast members at the bottom of this story -

The plot is a mystery.

The curtain opened in the first of many off-Broadway spring dramas involving actors of Little Riley Creek last week. We anticipated theatre, but never knew what type or when.

It started when a female hooded merganser showed up a week ago.

After watching this bird, common in the Midwest, but no-so-common on Riley Creek, others joined the cast.

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Regional news
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It's Corrinne Boehr's birthday on March 23

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 11:43am

Corrinne Boehr celebrates her 90th birthday on Tuesday, March 23. Friends are invited to mail her a birthday card to: 
Corrinne Boehr
Willow Ridge/Betty House
Willow Ridge Dr.
Bluffton, OH 45817

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People
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Screaming steam through Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 11:06am

Paul Diller snapped this photo and then very quickly stepped aside as this giant Lima-built Berkshire steam locomotive barrelled toward him at about 65 miles per hour.

We can only guess what the engineer and fireman thought as they approached a photographer, standing in the middle of the rails.

Coming from Bellevue, it was westbound to Lima, and onto Muncie, Indiana, and headed perhaps as far west at St. Louis.

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Historical Bluffton
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Farmers market pre-season meeting Tuesday

Opening market day is Saturday, May 1
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 22, 2021 - 10:40am

Bluffton Farmers Market registration underway

Registration forms for Bluffton Farmers Market vendors are now available at explorebluffton.com/farmers-market. The deadline for discounted full-year reservations is April 16.

New and returning vendors are invited to an online pre-season meeting with Bluffton Farmers Market manager Greg Probst at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23.

Vendor fees for 2021 are $12.00 per week. The full-season discounted fee is $220.00 and reserves a designated spot for the entire season, May-October.

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Regional news
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