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Softball and baseball squads shut out by Allen East

BHS baseball will face Elmwood in tournament
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 3:47pm

Youthful Bluffton will play at Elmwood Wednesday, May 19 in Div. III first round sectional baseball action. The Pirates (0-21, 0-7 NWC) were seeded 13th out of 13 teams, while Elmwood was 11th in the Elida district drawing Sunday. The winner will visit top seed Coldwater (15-5, 6-1 MAC) May 21 at 5 p.m. in the second round.  Eastwood was seeded second, while Allen East (18-8, 4-3 NWC) was seeded third.
 

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Pirate boys 3rd, girls 6th at 15-team Ada Invite 

Sophomore Ethan Bogart won the 300 hurdles • Senior Simon Derstine captured first in the 800 meters • Sophomore Brianna Tabler won the girls pole vault to pace BHS
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 3:31pm

Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Bluffton track and field team fared well at the annual 15-team Ada Invitational on a cool but sunny Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.

Carey captured first in the girls meet with 112.33 points. Spencerville finished second with 102.5, and Van Wert came in third (99). Bluffton came in sixth out of 14 teams with 39.33 points.

The boys meet was won handily by Van Wert with 133 points. Arlington nosed out Bluffton for second, 76 to 75. Kenton and Allen East tied for fourth with 72 points.

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Meanwhile in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 3:00pm

FROM ADA ICON - Damage from this weekends rain was not limited to Bluffton. Ada Icon photographer, Ken Collins, took these three photos on Sunday afternoon in rural Ada.

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Not again!

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 2:44pm

The falls of Bluffton made its annual one-day appearance over the weekend. The water here flows from the Big Riley into the Buckeye. Fortunately the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club trout derby was last weekend. The dike between the creek and the Buckeye was reinforced earlier this year. In a few days we'll see how well it withstood this water force.

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Blue ribbons, red ribbons and white ribbons

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 10, 2021 - 2:04pm

It's Founders Hall at Bluffton College in the 1950s. You are viewing the Bluffton Men's Garden Club annual flower show. If you look close enough Kermit Herr is probably somewhere in the crowd.

During its day, this annual show could rival the entries in the Allen County Fair flower show.

Paul Diller took this photo and Jim Diller shares it with the Icon.

Several things to notice, changed from today:

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton's motherlode

Thoughts on Mother's Day from a very, very long time ago
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 9, 2021 - 9:02pm

This is an essay by Fred Steiner published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.

It’s difficult to count how many mothers have touched one’s life. Go ahead. Try counting.

Being Mother’s Day weekend, I’ll make a feeble attempt to demonstrate what I mean. My account could be the same as your account. Only the names would change.

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