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Learning the words to the song

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2011 - 9:13pm
Learning the words to the song

Bluffton second graders sing a song during a Bluffton University workshop for Civic Engagement Day. Click for details.

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Lady Pirates bombard Spencerville 14-4 (softball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2011 - 5:18pm

After a very cold and busy opening week of softball, the Bluffton Lady Pirates welcomed the Spencerville Bearcats Thursday night at Harmon Field in conference play.

The Pirates coming off back to back losses to Perry hoped to warm up the bats against the Bearcats.

The Pirates quickly went on the attack scoring 11 runs in the first inning to lead 11-0. Spencerville came alive in the third inning scoring one run and then adding three more the next inning.

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Sports
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Second graders respond to global poverty

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2011 - 5:09pm

Louise Matthews (back left, with guitar), director of Bluffton University's Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center, and several education students in the university's Developmental Curriculum class lead Bluffton second graders in song during a workshop in Burcky Gym on April 6-Civic Engagement Day on campus.

The day capped yearlong exploration of the university's 2010-11 civic engagement theme, "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."

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Bluffton University
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Rose-Hulman wins a close one against Bluffton (baseball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2011 - 5:03pm

The Bluffton University baseball team fell to Heartland Conference rival Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 4-1, on Saturday, April 9. With the loss, the Beavers dropped to 9-14 overall with a 1-7 mark in the HCAC. The Engineers improved to 15-8 with a 5-3 conference record.

In the top of the first, the Engineers took advantage of an early error to generate two runs when Derek Dauenbaugh doubled home Bobby Newman and Donald Stopka for a 2-0 lead.

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Bluffton University
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A cold place to sleep

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2011 - 7:53pm
A cold place to sleep

Bluffton University students make "homes" from cardboard boxes in which to spend the night at a Poverty Awareness Sleep Out on April 6. Click for details.

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East coast plate

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2011 - 4:44pm

Here's an east coast plate not seen often in the midwest. It's from Maryland. The Icon spotted it on Main Street.

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Regional news
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