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Bluffton pathway board is asking users of the many village pathways to consider trail use etiquette. This sign along one of the pathways asks users to keep right, control your speed, watch traffic signals, respect other users, clear the way when stopped, don't block lanes and pick up after your pet.

Hannah Davis pitched a 2-hitter to earn her 2nd win, and she also plated 2 runs with a single

By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA - The visiting Bluffton softball team whipped Ottawa-Glandorf 14-0 Wednesday evening in a non-league mismatch.

The Lady Pirates improved to 5-12 with the lopsided victory. 

The Pirate girls broke up a scoreless game with five runs in the top of the third frame.

Bluffton then put the Titans away with a nine-run outburst in the fifth inning.

Pirate hurler Hannah Davis pitched a two-hitter to earn her second win, and she also plated two runs with a single.

This story was updated Friday morning with additional information

THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AT 10:55 A.M. MAY 7 - On Thursday, the Allen County board of elections did not provide the Icon with a complete list of persons filing for Bluffton council seats in the Nov. 2 general election.

The board chair notified the Icon of the omission this morning. We now know that four persons have filed for the four seats on the Nov. 2 Bluffton council ballot. They are:
• Mitch Kingsley, Democrat
• Jerry Cupplies, independent
• Phill Talavinia, independent
• David Steiner, independent

Our Swiss connection - part 25 (2nd in a 2 part series featuring these three children)

This is the 25th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

This is the second part of a two-part series on the three children of Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer family who came to America.

Pirate track, softball and baseball updates

Bluffton track, softball and baseball updates here
By Cort Reynolds
HARROD - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished third at the Allen East quadrangular meet Tuesday afternoon.

Columbus Grove took first in both the boys and girls standings. The Pirate girls ended up fourth.

Pirates Wyatt Lovell and Trey Boblitt tied for first in the high jump.

Lady Pirate Brianna Tabler took first in the pole vault, and teammate Sami Scoles captured the girls 1600-meter run.

what do April snow showers bring?

If April showers bring May flowers, what do April snow showers bring?

The question comes following 4.7 inches of snow falling over a two-day period of April 20-21, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

The snow fell in a month with temperatures reaching extremes of 83 degrees on April 27 to 19 degrees on April 2 – a 64-degree range.

To make the month even more interesting, April 2021’s average daily temperature was 51.4 degrees, higher than the April normal average of 49.7 degrees.

April’s daily weather summery follows in the chart below.

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