You might say March came in like a lamb and went out like a lamb.
Here’s the monthly weather stats from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The average March 2021 temperature was 43.5 degrees, while the normal average is 37.5 degrees.
The March high was 71 on March 24 and March 30. The low was 17 on March 2. The daily weather summary is attached below.
Graduate student Parker Reynolds (Avon) has been named the HCAC Hitter of the Week after a monster effort at the plate last week.
Reynolds led the Beavers to a 3-2 mark that included a sweep of rival Defiance College on Saturday.
He hit .522 with eight RBI, five runs scored and 12 hits. The fifth-year senior slugged .739 with two doubles and a homer. His OBP was .560 for the week. Reynolds had a great Good Friday, going 7-of-10 at Manchester.
Citizens National Bank celebrates Community Banking Month
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Citizens National Bank celebrates Community Banking Month in April.
Each CNB office is giving away a gift basket including local items from each of its branch communities.
Anyone who visits a branch in April may enter to win the community gift baskets valued at more than $150 each. Entries may also be made online at the bank’s website, www.cnbohio.com. The drawing will be held Friday, April 30.
Also, each branch office will host a Community Shred Day on Friday, April 30.
Students recently explored “Getting Into Good Trouble,” during Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week.
Dr. Drew Hart, assistant professor of theology at Messiah University, led conversations for the March 21-25 activities and spoke during Forum and Chapel via Zoom. Theme verse Micah 6:8, “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God,” punctuated the activities.
Interviewed by Tayler Nowak-Valentine
Celia Smith is a senior at Bluffton High School currently taking Advanced Mathematics, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, College Writing, Financial Literacy/Sociology, Anatomy and Child Development. She says Organic Chemistry is the hardest subject she is taking this year.
Bluffton’s soon-to-be elementary principal, Ben Thiel, needs very little introduction.
A 2009 Bluffton University graduate, he is currently elementary principal at Cory-Rawson, a position he has held since 2018-19 school year. And, from 2014 to 2018 he was a junior high and high school social studies teacher and assistant football coach at Columbus Grove.
He is a Lincoln Hall alum, played on the Beaver football team, and became acquainted with Jeff Richards during college.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Visiting St. Marys swept a non-league aoftball twinbill from Bluffton team Saturday.
The Lady Pirates fell to 0-4 with the 2-1 and 9-5 defeats, while SM improved to 3-1.
In game one, the Roughriders plated single runs in each of the first two innings and made them stand up in the tight 2-1 win.
Ashley Fleece singled home the lone Bluffton run in their last at bat as the Pirates rallied late, only to come up just short. Kennedi Jordan collected the other Pirate hit.
By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The visiting Bluffton baseball team was no-hit in a five-inning 21-0 loss at Van Buren Saturday.
The Pirates fell to 0-6 with the non-league defeat, while VB improved to 3-2 with the shutout victory.
Black Knight pitcher Weston Heitkamp struck out eight and walked none while allowing no hits over five innings. He hit one batter.
The Knights pushed across nine runs in the first inning to seize control. VB then plated seven more scores in the second frame to build an insurmountable 16-0 lead.
If you are, say 50 or younger, you may not know the location of this photo. Icon viewers 50 and older recognize it as the East College Avenue bridge, looking toward Harmon Field.
Paul Diller took this photo on a foggy morning in the fall. Who knows, perhaps he even posed the farmer on his tractor.
Some things to notice:
• One wooden sidewalk on the north side of the bridge
• No curb or additional sidewalk anywhere in sight
• Although College Avenue is paved, it appears that it could use a upgrade
Reviewed/Written by Craig Hoffman
“Let’s cancel it!” A polarizing phrase that appears to be a product of the social climate and times in which we live.
Everything from TV shows, movies, books, and, yes, music is now under the microscope of the “woke” public eye. But in music, songs and artists meeting with criticism for their so-called lack of a moral compass is nothing new.
Here’s a look at five iconic songs that people wanted to say sayonara to, despite the issues they sing about remaining front and center in 2021.
