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Beaver hurdler places 15th in 60-meter DIII nationals

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2023 - 6:00am

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Desmond Gist (Detroit, Mich./Trenton) capped off his outstanding indoor track and field season with a 15th place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III nationals on Friday, March 10, 2023. Gist and Head Coach Ben Markison made the trip to Birmingam, Ala., and it marked the second straight national meet for Gist who placed 14th in the 110 meter outdoor hurdles last May.

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University to host Spiritual Life Week forum March 21

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2023 - 6:00am

Georgia Metz ’13, pastor at Shalom Mennonite Congregation in Harrisonburg, Va., will speak during Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Yoder Recital Hall. The title of her presentation is “Anyone Who Has Ears, Let Them Hear: Listening to the Other Side with Head and Heart.”

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Beavers baseball wins one, loses one on March 11

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2023 - 6:00am

Beavers home opener is March 18

FORT MYERS, Fla.--The Bluffton University baseball team capped off its week in Florida with a split on Saturday, March 11. An 11-0 victory over North Central (Minn.) was the highlight and then the fans were treated to an exciting final game. The Beavers battled all the way to the end, but Muskingum scored in the home ninth for a 12-11 walkoff win. Bluffton stands 4-5 after going 4-4 at the Gene Cusic Classic.

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Village sprayed DDT in Riley Creek for over 20 years

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2023 - 6:00am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

If this doesn’t frighten you, nothing will. The Village of Bluffton (and probably many, many other municipalities), used DDT for over 20 years to kill mosquitoes. Here’s the account from the May 28, 1953, Bluffton News.

Bluffton’s annual war on mosquitoes was launched this week under the direction of Mayor Wilbur A. Howe, as work got underway on a control program, which has proved extremely successful over the last two decades.

Frequent rainfall, which has kept streams moving, preventing the accumulation of pools of stagnant water, has made control spraying unnecessary until this week, the mayor said.

During the normal summer of treatment of Bluffton’s streams, parts of quarries, the village dump, etc., the control required about 50 gallons of DDT and approximately 1,000 gallons of oil.

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Historical Bluffton
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Bill Herr selected as 2022 Citizen of the Year by Bluffton Lions

Posted by Staff on March 11, 2023 - 6:00am

Call 419-358-5405 to reserve tickets

The Bluffton Lions Club is pleased to announce the 2022 Citizen of the Year Award will be given to William A. (Bill) Herr. Bill has generously given much time and energy to multiple organizations for the benefit of the Bluffton community.

Bill is a very selfless person who has touched many lives in this community.  He was born, raised and educated in Bluffton, Ohio. He has been a farmer almost his entire life, reared on a dairy farm and then living on his own small farm just outside the town of Bluffton, where he continues to farm.

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Malone appointed to Banking Commission, Smith appointed to State Emergency Response Commssion

Posted by Staff on March 11, 2023 - 6:00am

On March 10, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the following appointments: 

Mark B. Malone of Lima (Allen Co.) has been reappointed to the Banking Commission for a term beginning March 10, 2023, and ending January 31, 2027.

Kevin E. Smith of Findlay (Hancock Co.) has been appointed to the State Emergency Response Commission for a term beginning March 10, 2023, and ending January 13, 2025.

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