CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Bluffton University track and field squad traveled southward on Saturday the 26th to the plains of Cedarville University to compete in the Yellow Jacket Invitational. The day’s competition saw a number of quality Beaver performances but overall the meet belonged to the team’s throwers.
ANDERSON, Ind. - The Bluffton University baseball lost another tough battle to the Anderson University Ravens, 5-2, on Saturday, March 26. The loss was Bluffton’s fourth in a row and seventh in their last eight contests as they fell to 5-11 overall and 0-3 in HCAC action. The Ravens sweep of the series improves their mark to 6-9 and 3-0 in the conference.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University softball team split a set of games with the Calvin College Knights on Saturday, March 26. The Beavers dropped game one, 12-4, but rallied in the sixth to take the nightcap, 3-2. Bluffton’s record stays even at 10-10, while Calvin College now sits at 9-5.
ANDERSON, Ind. - The Bluffton University baseball team suffered a pair of losses at the hands of the Anderson University Ravens to open HCAC play on Good Friday, March 25. The Beavers lost the opener, 7-1, before dropping the nightcap, 7-5. Bluffton fell to 5-10 on the season while Anderson improved to 5-9 on the year.
Ada Area Chamber of Commerce met the new guy in Ada earlier this month.
The new guy is a familiar Bluffton business owner: Tom Dotson.
Dotson and his wife, Sheena, this winter expanded their tire Bluffton business with an Ada location at 3032 State Route 309 (intersection of 309 and 235), south of Ada.
The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting of the Ada store took place on March 16. The event also included a tour of the facility for chamber members. The building a former carpet warehouse, includes a 40 by 80-foot addition that will service semis.
Celia Mae Blough, 93, of Bluffton died on March 24, 2016, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Celia was born on Dec. 15, 1922 on a farm in Wayne County, close to Dalton, Ohio. Her parents were Adam and Lydia (Sprunger) Amstutz. In June, 1946, she married Robert J. Blough, M.D., and he died July 22, 2004.
Celia attended grade school for eight years at the Sonnenberg School. She graduated from Dalton High School in 1940 and Bluffton College in 1945. During her husband’s medical internship in Lima, Ohio, she taught at Lima Bath Elementary School.
