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First garter snake of the year

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 1:38pm

Can you see it? A young garter snake watches the Icon's photographer as it slides through the leaves near Little Riley Creek. About 15 inches long, this location along Campus Drive is a spot where several members of this family hang out during the summer.

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Regional news
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Only 1 community meal in April - on April 15

Correction to previous announcement
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 10:18am

The Icon was in error in its April community meal announcement of yesterday.

There is only one community meal in April. It is Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m., served from the rear of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center.

Enter from the Family Dollar side of the alley and exit behind the police station.

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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2021 - 9:49am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

And, if you really want a brain teaser, the photo below shows this week's "So, you think you know Ada (posted on the Ada Icon)." Answer to this one also tomorrow.

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Letters
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Baseball Beavers pound Franklin 15-5

Brylee Oberdorf women's golf medalist
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2021 - 5:12pm

The Bluffton University baseball team played like it was sunny and 70 on Sunday, March 28. Bluffton hammered Franklin 15-5 in six and a half innings in game one before the visiting Grizzlies earned a split with a 9-1 victory in the nightcap. The Beavers moved to 3-11 on the season and in the HCAC while Franklin stands at 7-5 on both accounts.

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Bluffton University
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Rockets sweep Pirates in opener

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2021 - 4:44pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Buffton baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Pandora-Gilboa in a season-opening twinbill Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates fell to 0-2 with the defeats, while P-G starts out 2-0. 

Rocket hurler Eric Gerschutz pitched a three-hitter in the opener as P-G broke the game open with a five-run second inning.

In the nightcap, Drew Miller struck out 11 Pirates in five innings as three Rocket pitchers combined to pitch a one-hitter.

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Sports
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Ironman winners

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2021 - 4:35pm

Last week Bluffton High School freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors competed against each other in its annual Ironman competition. The student senate sponors the annual event. The junior class won that leg of the competition. On Friday,  the junior class competed against the Bluffton school staff in the finals. The school staff was the winner. Jamie Nygaard shares this photo of the winners with Icon viewers.

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