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Apple blossom time

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 12:00pm

There are times when you can’t see the forest through the trees. This week you can’t see the houses through the trees. Here’s a closeup of a flowering apple tree in the Kevin and Shelby Cluts front lawn at 252 S. Lawn Ave. 

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Bluffton netmen edge Napoleon    

Bryan Zimmerman and Thad Mittendorf won 6-4, 6-4 at first doubles • Eden Nygaard won at first singles
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 10:58am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys tennis team defeated Napoleon 3-2 Wednesday evening.

The Pirate netmen improved to 2-1 this season with the close victory.

Pirate senior Eden Nygaard won 6-4, 6-4 over Ryan Otto at first singles.

The Bluffton tandem of Bryan Zimmerman and Thad Mittendorf triumphed 6-4, 6-4 at first doubles.

Pirates Eli Wagner and Braeden Ackerman won by default forfeit at second doubles. 

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Christian Sr., and Magdalena Steiner Suter

Our Swiss connection - part 21
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 6:23am

This is the 21st installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment. 

This column’s focus is Christian Sr., and Magdalena Steiner Suter and their children, with a special emphasis on the family of their son, Christian, Jr., and his wife, Anna Basinger Suter.

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Columnists
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Honk for Healthcare Thursday afternoon

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 7, 2021 - 4:41pm

On behalf of National Nurses United, Single Payer Action Network and the Poor
People’s Campaign, there will be a Honk 4 Healthcare at 2:45 p.m., Thursday, April 8, in downtown Bluffton.

It will take place  in front of the Presbyterian Church on Main Sreet and Cherry Streets, according to Linda Dangelo.

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Time for a reflection

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 7, 2021 - 3:50pm

A Bluffton resident follows a path around the small pond at the Bluffton village park during a mid-morning walk. The walker's reflection follows along in the pond.

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University partners with Hospital for on-campus clinics

Available to current Bluffton students on Friday and Monday
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 7, 2021 - 3:33pm

Bluffton University will partner with Bluffton Hospital to host on-campus vaccination clinics for current Bluffton students on Friday, April 9, and Monday, April 12.

Bluffton University has been allocated 300 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to administer during the clinics.

“These clinics demonstrate our commitment to the health and safety of not only our students but to the larger village community and the communities our students call home,” said Dr. Sherri Winegardner, director of nursing and chair of Bluffton’s COVID-19 steering committee.

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Bluffton University
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