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Project planned in several stages

• FOUR VISUAL ATTACHMENTS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

• SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON COUNCIL'S TABLE TONIGHT WILL GET THE PROJECT GOING - see council package attached to this story

On Feb. 19 Jefferson Street property owners had a first-hand look at the street improvement project that comes their way this summer.

The project includes a water main replacement scheduled for May 20 to July 1, followed by major street improvements scheduled for July 1 to Oct. 25.

The recycling totes on the east side of Bluffton were not able to be picked up because of equipment problems from Republic, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

He said that Republic will return tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 26) to collect these totes. 

 

Here's the 1982-83 Bluffton High School boys' basketball team, Northwest Conference runner-up.

At 17-5 this team had the most wins of any BHS boys' team between 1946-47 (18 wins) and 1997-98 (17 wins).

Front from left, Eric Garmatter, Jared Diller, Ryan Amstutz, Jim Herr and Scott Benroth.

Standing from left, Coach Don Wade, Tom Bassitt, Jon Laing, Mark Hackworth and Assistant Coach Rick Shaner.

 

The Bluffton University women's basketball team lost a hard-fought battle against the Hanover Panthers by the score of 64-59 on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The loss ended Bluffton's season as the Beavers finished 9-17 overall and 7-11 in HCAC play. The #3 seed Hanover women advance to play #2 seed Rose-Hulman Friday night at Transylvania in the semifinals of the HCAC tournament.

Portions of Ada without power and late Sunday evening some power lines were down

FROM THE ADA ICON - Major electrical power outages are causing disruptions in Ada this morning (Monday, Feb. 25).

Portions of the village are without power and late Sunday evening power lines were down on the 500 block of East Lincoln. Those lines have since been secured but power was not able to be restored until the wiinds subsided, according to a Facebook announcement by the Ada police department.

Ada schools are closed due to lack of power. In addition, the following message was released by the village at 8:39 a.m.:

The Bluffton University men's basketball team dropped a 69-49 decision to Hanover in the semifinals of the Heartland Conference Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Top seed and host Hanover College played the Transylvania-Franklin winner for the HCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney on Sunday.

Bluffton wrapped up its season with a school-record tying 18-9 mark, while the Panthers improved to 20-6 on the season.

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