The Ada boys soccer team lost at home 8-2 to state-ranked Northwest Conference rival Bluffton Tuesday night, September 28, at War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldogs dropped to 3-5-3 overall and 0-2-1 in NWC play with the defeat. The Pirates, 10th in the Div. III state rankings, improved to 8-2 and 3-0 in the NWC with the win.
The six-time defending NWC champion Pirates have won 33 league matches in a row.
L. Joan Deafendeffin, 90, of Bluffton went to be with her Lord and Savior on September 26, 2021 at ProMedica Charles & Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Michigan. Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend who was born on September 24, 1931 in Lima, Ohio to the late Elmer C. and Lorraine (Sauer) Michael. She married Harold Dee Deafendeffin on August 6, 1950 and he passed away on December 28, 2006.
In 1963, Bob Dylan released the song Blowing in the Wind and it became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. His lyrics included “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind….Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.” Bob Dylan is a prolific songwriter who continues to produce music. His latest album release was Rough And Rowdy Ways in 2020. Bob Dylan has won 10 Grammy Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Bluffton University will celebrate Homecoming and Alumni Weekend 2021 on Friday, Oct. 1, and Saturday, Oct. 2.
Homecoming and Alumni Weekend events will be open to all alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends of the university. Along with cheering on the Beaver football and volleyball teams, the university will host alumni and affinity gatherings, campus tours, food trucks, Beaver Tail-Gating and inflatables. The 2000 Beaver football team will be honored during halftime of the football game for their HCAC championship.
