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August 24 Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival lineup

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Here’s your 2024 Made In Ada Wilson Football Festival lineup for Saturday, August 24. This 8th annual event is coordinated by the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and takes place from 5:00-10:00 p.m. at Ada Depot Park.

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Bluffton Schools culture and community, a video introduction

By Paula Pyzik Scott

In anticipation of the 2024-2025 school year, the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools have released a video on the school website titled Bluffton Pirates: School Culture and Community Connections.

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Beavers men's golf preview for 2024-25

The Bluffton University men's golf team will have a different look when it hits the course in 2024-25. Gone are all-time greats Evan Kujawa (Toledo/Whitmer) and Hunter Jolliff (Elida) who have played an integral part in pushing Bluffton into the upper echelon of the Heartland Conference. The 299 for 18 holes and 609 for 36 holes at the 2023 Beaver Fall Invitational were 2nd all-time, while the 923 at the HCAC Championships shattered the 54-hole mark by 20 strokes!

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Bluffton girls soccer defeats Anna

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls soccer team overcame a very early deficit to beat visiting Anna 2-1 in the home opener Thursday, August 22, at Steinmetz Field.

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Jenera and Rawson area barns featured on Hancock Historical tour, Sept 7

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 7
Six locations in Rawson and Jenera

The Hancock Historical Museum will host its seventh Historic Barn Tour on September 7. The self-guided tour will showcase six historic barns dating from the 1860s to the 1930s in southern Hancock County paired with food, live music, kid’s  activities, demonstrations and fun for the entire family. 

Attendees will learn about the history of each barn, the farms they occupy and the  families who have owned them. Each barn on the tour displays impressive architecture, an  array of timber-framing techniques and styles that have served a variety of purposes.  

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