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Gospel choir and jazz concert streamed live Saturday

Bluffton University’s spring gospel choir and jazz concert will be streamed for viewing at www.bluffton.edu/mus starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 10.

At 5:30 p.m., the conductors will provide a pre-concert talk with audience members via Zoom. Visitwww.bluffton.edu/mus for more information and to access the Zoom meeting.

The Icon photographed this scene just south of U.S. 30, on the Allen County line as a farmer applied anhydrous ammonia (NH3), which is nitrogen in a useable form for plants. The crop is most likely corn. This is at least three-fourth of the total nitrogen used for this crop for this year.

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton baseball team went hitless in a 10-0 loss at Delphos Jefferson in the Northwest Conference opener Thursday evening.

Two Wildcat pitchers combined to hurl a six-inning no-hitter. Braylon Scalf threw 3 1/3 hitless innings, followed by 2 2/3 no-hit innings from Tanner Vorhees. 

Scalf struck out seven Pirates and walked none, while Vorhees walked two and whiffed a pair.

Lauren Swartzlander cracked 1 double, 3 singles,1 RBI to help pace the Lady Pirate onslaught

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton softball team mustered a season-best offensive outburst to win its Northwest Conference opener handily 19-7 over Delphos Jefferson Thursday evening.

Bluffton improved to 1-5 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with their first win. Meanwhile, Delphos Jefferson dropped to 1-8 and 0-1 in NWC play with the lopsided loss.

Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons. Check Icon Classified Ad pages at: www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds.

New opening are added to this list daily. Businesses interested in listing positions available should contact [email protected].

Jessica Hermiller, Bluffton Public Library director, will update Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members on the activities of the library this year.

She will speak at the 7:30 a.m., Friday, Apruil 9, Zoom chamber meeting. Several updates from chamber members are also on the agenda.

For the link to the Zoom meeting contact Paul Scott, chamber CEO, at [email protected]

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