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Funeral arrangements incomplete for Cathy Leis

Catherine “Cathy” J. Leis, 61, died March 29, 2021, at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services – Bluffton.

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Bluffton and area congregations celebrate Easter

Here's church schedules from Wednesday to Sunday

Bluffton and area churches observe Holy Week with many special worship services. Here is the list from the churches that contacted the Icon.

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Bluffton netmen 5th at Lima tourney

By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The Bluffton boys tennis team took fifth place in the six-team Lima City tennis tournament Saturday at the Collett Street Courts to open their season.

Shawnee won the team title with 33 points, followed by LCC in second place (22). Bluffton tallied 13 points to finish well ahead of Wapakoneta.

Pirate senior Eden Nygaard captured fourth place in the first singles flight. Bluffton sophomore Luke Shadle finished second in the number two singles competition.

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Panthers take down Lady Pirates in opener

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton softball team led early but fell to McComb Monday evening in its season lidlifter, 12-1.

McComb plated seven runs in the sixth inning to break open a 5-1 battle and post a run-rule victory in six frames.

Lauren Swartzwalder smacked a run-scoring double in the first inning to pace the Pirates to an early 1-0 lead. But McComb answered with four runs in the second frame to take control.

McComb pitching and defense then held Bluffton scoreless over the final five frames. The visitors out-hit Bluffton, 12-5.

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McComb outscores Pirate boys 

Wright, Bogart and Coonfare scored a run apiece for Bluffton

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Buffton baseball team lost 18-3 to hard-hitting McComb Monday evening.

The Pirates fell to 0-3 with the defeat, while McComb improved to 1-1 with the five-inning, run-rule shortened victory.

The Panthers broke away from a 1-1 game with consecutive six-run frames in the second and third innings. McComb added five more runs in the top of the fourth to build an 18-2 cushion.

Bluffton plated single runs in the first, second and fourth innings. 

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Going down

FROM ADA ICON - Here's a less-than-30-second video showing the Ada school wind turbine as it fell to the ground. It has been out of service for several years.   These photos are still frames from the video. Click here to watch the fall: 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/focJWT7EPsusKH8M6

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