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Pirate boys and girls 2nd at NWC title meet

Posted by Staff on May 14, 2023 - 7:05am

By Cort Reynolds

DELPHOS – The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed well at the annual nine-team Northwest Conference championship meet Thursday and Saturday, May 11 and 13, in Delphos.

Bluffton took home six individual first-place finishes, and also won three relay events.

Columbus Grove captured the boys and girls league crowns, while Bluffton took second in both team standings.

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Don’t hitch your horse to a Bluffton fire hydrant

Posted by Staff on May 14, 2023 - 6:58am

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Imagine being required to turn off your water line each time the fire department answered a fire alarm.

Don’t even think about hitching your horse to a fire hydrant.

Those were the rules when Bluffton’s municipal water plant opened in the late 1890s.

And, this may come as a surprise. The reason the village of Bluffton created a municipal water plant was for fire protection. It had very little to do with providing individuals with running water in their houses.

In a case you wonder, here are additional rules governing water usage in the village when the water plant first opened:

• Patrons had to immediately discontinue using water for any purpose, when the fire alarm sounded.

• It was prohibited to hitch horses to fire hydrants.

• Lawn, garden or yard sprinkling was restricted  to the hours of 5:30 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m.

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Historical Bluffton
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50 years of Bluffton Arts and Crafts

Posted by Paula Scott on May 14, 2023 - 6:51am

By Paula Scott

The Saturday, June 3 Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival will be the 50th by that name. It takes some doing to create that kind of continuity. Hiccups come along, like the COVID pandemic, which created a brief gap in the timeline. What has given the festival such longevity? The Icon talked to several individuals who have been instrumental in coordinating and promoting the festival, including long-time manager Jerry Burkholder.

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Events
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Loverta White worked for Triplett Corporation

Posted by Staff on May 13, 2023 - 6:14pm

Loverta White, 91, passed away May 12, 2023 at her residence. Loverta was born July 4, 1931 in Sharp Chapel, Tennessee to the late Dewey and Louadis (Pierce) Wilson. On June 12, 1972 she married Leroy White who preceded her in death on October 30, 1983. 

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Obituaries
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Beaver record set at Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet

Posted by Staff on May 13, 2023 - 7:51am

BEREA--The Bluffton University men's track and field team sent seven Beavers to Berea for the Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet on Friday, May 12, 2023. Several superb performances, including a school record, were on the menu at Baldwin Wallace University.

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Pirate softball handcuffed by perfect Coldwater in sectional final

Posted by Staff on May 13, 2023 - 7:48am

By Cort Reynolds

The handcuffed Bluffton softball team did not put a runner on base in losing a 10-0 loss at Coldwater in the Div. III sectional finals Friday evening, May 12.

Cavalier junior pitcher Madison Wendel threw a five-inning perfect game in the run-rule shortened contest.

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