ADA--The Bluffton University baseball team took advantage of a beautiful Thursday afternoon, making the short trip to Ohio Northern and coming away with a 9-6 win over the 12-7 Polar Bears. Bluffton improved to 8-7 on the season.
ONU scored a run in the first, two of the unearned variety in the third and added a sacrifice fly in the fifth on the way to a 4-0 lead heading to the sixth, but that's when the fun started. Senior Nick Diana (Batavia/West Clermont) cut the deficit in half when his two-bagger to left center drove home Justin Maurer (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) and Jack Towell (Batavia West Clermont). One out later, Diana and Ezra Deitering (Ottawa/Miller City) crossed the dish thanks to a Polar Bear error as the visitors knotted the score up at 4-4 with Evan Houseman (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) at the plate.
ONU led off the home sixth with a Nate Webb homer and had the bases juiced with just one out, but freshman Jordan Fent (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) came on and got a strikeout and flyout to end the frame.
This week YouTuber Heavy D Sparks–who is also a co-star of the Discovery Channel series Diesel Brothers–posted a video on the successful end to the search for his dream helicopter, the Dolphin (a.k.a. Dauphin). The video is titled “How a $250,000 Scam Helped Me Find My Dream Helicopters.”
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that due to the low number of registered teams, the Wine Tasting and Trivia Night at Southgate Lanes origianlly scheduled for April 1 has been cancelled.
Jane E. Funk, 79, passed away March 29, 2023 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Jane was born January 9, 1944 in Allen County, Ohio to the late Donald and Thelma (Myers) O'Neil. On July 12, 1964 she married Glen Funk who preceded her in death on July 29, 2009.
ST. MARYS–The Bluffton High School boys tennis team lost 4-1 at St. Marys Tuesday evening, March 28. The Pirates fell to 1-1 with the loss to the non-league hosts.
On Wednesday, the Pirate players were rained out at Elida.
Bluffton is slated to play at Perrysburg on Thursday, March 30.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
The television show Family Ties was a breakout series for Michael Andrew Fox, professionally known as Michael J. Fox. He played Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom from 1982 until the finale in 1989. This series led to his success in the trilogy of Back to the Future movies. While on the Florida set of his 1991 movie Doc Hollywood, Michael J. Fox noted a slight tremor in his little finger. This was his first symptom of early-onset Parkinson’s disease.
Several years after Michael J. Fox’s diagnosis, he went public with his disease and his fight to find treatments. In 2000, he established the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. This organization has become a global leader and innovator in finding therapies.
He has authored three books including No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality. Michael shares personal stories about his illness and his family. I was fortunate enough to see him at a conference where he was the keynote speaker. It was one of the most amazing speeches I have ever heard. He spoke for one hour without any notes and he held nothing back.
