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The Ohio State University at Lima has named its scholarship winners for the 2021-2022 academic year. Scholarship winners are attending Ohio State Lima and meet the criteria for each scholarship.

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  • Watt, Emily Ann: Ohio State Lima Spring for Scholarships Fund

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The Village of Bluffton recently noted that old buildings had been razed at the water treatment site on Spring St. Here is one rather elegant building now gone, and a technological improvement that now stands across the street.

From Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer

Guy Verhoff provides the Icon with weekly weather reports and has submitted the attached annual 2021 weather summary.

As a weather observer, Verhoff follows in the footsteps of his father-in-law Ray Burkholder, who in turn received the assigment from John Maidlaw, an observer in Ottawa.

Verhoff has been reporting weather conditions from Pandora since about 2007.

View the 2018 The National Cooperative Observer newsletter here.

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The Bluffton Fire Department will reschedule the removal of garlands in downtown Bluffton due to an accumulation of snow.

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By Cort Reynolds

The three-point bombing Bluffton High School girls basketball team built an 11-point halftime lead and held on to upset state-ranked Crestview 61-51 in a home Northwest Conference girls basketball battle Thursday night.

Ranked 10th in the state, the Knight girls trailed the hosts 20-16 after a high-scoring first period. Senior guard Sami Scoles poured in 12 points on four triples in the opening stanza to shoot Bluffton into the lead.

The Bluffton Soccer Club is accepting registrations for the Spring 2022 season. Teams include:

U8 Coed and Girls 

U10 Coed and Girls 

U12 Coed and Girls 

U15 Coed 

The cost to register is $60 per child through January 30; a $25 late fee starts on January 31.

Birth years are 2007-2014 for U15-U8 divisions. A birth certificate must be uploaded at the time of registration.

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