Raymond Harner of Bike Crazy, 127 N. Main St., works on a bicycle with the assistance of a recently-purchased electric lift repair stand.
The one-person operation enables Harner to lift bikes from the building floor to a height where he can work on the bike with greater ease.
The new equipment will lift bikes up to 125 pounds. He said that this helps the work flow in the shop and it is a great relief when working on heavy electric bikes.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Bluffton High School senior guard Alivia Koenig has been named second team All- Ohio in Division IV basketball.
Koenig averaged 12.8 points per game her senior season and was selected as the Northwest Conference's Most Valuable Player. Bluffton finished the season tied with Columbus Grove as co-champions of the NWC.
It’s maple syrup weather as temperatures dip below freezing at night and rise above freezing in the daylight hours. Those conditions occurred during the past four days.
Here’s the highs and lows from March 5 to 11 from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
John E. Sharp will present “Changing the World One Life at a Time: The MJ Sharp Story” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Sharp will reflect on the life of his son MJ Sharp who died in his prime as a peacebuilder in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On March 12, 2017, while on a mission to investigate the sources of violence in the Kasai Central Province, MJ and a UN colleague were abducted and murdered for unknown reasons. In his Keeney Peace Lecture, John Sharp will speak as a parent, asking what it means to love enemies and to leave vengeance to God.
Junior shortstop Caylin Morstadt (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Hitter of the Week.
Morstadt led Bluffton with a .478 batting average as the Beavers went 2-6 over their final eight games in Florida last week. The junior finished with team highs of 11 hits, 10 runs, a .783 slugging percentage and a .600 on-base percentage.
