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Looks like a Bluffton plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 27, 2010 - 6:33am
NYGAARD

We spotted this plate at the Mennonite Memorial Home-McDonald's Easter egg hunt on March 27. It belongs to the only Nygaard family in Bluffton who we know - Christian and Jamie.

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NDH 2 - Is there an NDH 1?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 23, 2010 - 5:58pm

This much is known: It's a Putnam County plate. But, who is NDH and is ther an NDH 1?

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Three more 60+ degree days, then we hit bottom

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 23, 2010 - 12:48pm

Three more 60+ degree days, then we hit bottom. Spring is here but the temperature keeps fooling around with us. Here are the highs and lows for the past seven days provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.


Date High Low Rain

16th 59 29

17th 61 27

18th 66 33

19th 65 40

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Want a light show in your yard this holiday season? If so, help is on the way!

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 20, 2010 - 6:01pm

It's the first week of spring, but let's think about Christmas for a moment.

You've watched the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza set up across from Harmon Field for the past two holiday seasons. Ropp Triplett, the mastermind behind the project, thinks there could be several more of those light shows, but on smaller scales, scattered around Bluffton for the 2010 holiday season.

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Did this one make it to Pike's Peak?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2010 - 5:58pm
79 ZP

You know, this one sounds strange, but Zebulon Pike, for whom Pike's Peak is named, was born in 1778. Could it be his plate? You got a better idea?

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It's official: spring is here - the Dari Freeze is open for business

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 19, 2010 - 3:35pm

By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern

Spring is quite literally a couple of days away and not only does that mean the return of warmer weather, but it also marks the return of some raved about treats from the Bluffton Dari Freeze, which opened its doors for the first time this season, 11th year overall, on Friday morning March 19.

Bill and Phyllis Marchal of Lafayette run the ice cream and food shop that offers some creative menu items like the reverse buckeye, which consists of peanut butter mixed with ice cream topped with fudge.

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