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1950s heavy snowfall

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 24, 2021 - 9:55am

Just to remind viewers what the aftermath of a heavy winter storm leaves on Main Street, here are two Bluffton winter scenes from the 1950s.

Paul Diller took the photos. The photo above shows the Edelweiss Restaurant with a Basinger Furniture billboard on the wall.

Today Edelweiss Restaurant is Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue office, 120 N. Main St. In place of the Basinger billboard is the Oscar Velasquez Main Street mural. 

And, today, Basinger Furniture is The Black Lab. What's missing from this photo? The awning over the Main Street sidewalk.

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Historical Bluffton
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Ever hear of CKLW AM?

We couldn’t wait for a new song to be played on the radio for the first time and then waited patiently for it to show up on a jukebox three weeks later at the Pine Restaurant or Luginbuhl’s.
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2021 - 9:45pm

This is a portion of an essay by Rudi Steiner published in Bluffton Anthology. For more information about the book click here.

By the late 1950s CKLW-AM 800 (Detroit/Windsor) began developing the Top 40’s programming format that it became famous for in the 1960s. CKLW AM, a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, was loud and slick.

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Iconoclast View
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BFR sand volleyball is back

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2021 - 8:25pm

BFR sand volleyball is back. Southgate Lanes has a fresh new quality sand court that will be used by BFR. Registrations for summer leagues are now underway. On Tuesday evenings is a league for adults 40 and over. Thursday evenings is for a coed 6's league. Each session is five week. Session one is from June 15 to July 15. Cost is $300 per team. Register teams at www.bfronline.com/register.

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Pirate boys runner-up in District track meet

Girls' team finishes 8th of 13-team district
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2021 - 7:16pm

Story by Cort Reynolds
Photos by Jami Nygaard
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FINDLAY - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished a strong second in the 13-team Div. III district meet finals Friday at Liberty-Benton.

Columbus Grove won the boys and girls team titles. CG captured the boys crown with 170 points, while Bluffton scored 102.5.

The Pirate girls finished eighth out of 16 teams with 40 points. Grove nosed out Kalida for the girls team crown.

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Sports
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University faculty research grants, sabbaticals

Announced at annual dean's reception
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2021 - 5:41pm

Bluffton University faculty awarded research grants, sabbaticals

Bluffton University faculty members were recently recognized at the annual Dean’s Reception, an academic year-end event honoring faculty who have been awarded grants, sabbaticals and other scholarly endeavors.

The following faculty received summer 2021 Bluffton University Research Center grants, which provide $2,000 and up to $300 for research-related expenses:

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Bluffton University
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Unicompartmental Patellofemoral Arthroplasty

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on May 22, 2021 - 6:00am

A unicompartmental arthroplasty is the replacement with a prosthetic of just one of the three compartments of the knee when it is affected by the condition of severe osteoarthritis (OA). Musculoskeletal providers divide the knee into three compartments: medial (inside) compartment, lateral (outside) compartment, and the kneecap on the femur (patellofemoral joint). Osteoarthritis is a systemic inflammatory condition that affects the entire joint, causing aching, swelling, stiffness, and deformities. One of its physiological signs is to degrade the cartilage lining of the bones.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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