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BHS girls soccer 2-1 win vs. Kalida

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:15am

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls soccer team scored two minutes apart and held on to beat Kalida 2-1 in a non-conference match Saturday, October 1.

The victory upped the Pirate record to 11-2 overall. Meanwhile, the Wildcats fell to 5-7 with the loss.

Pirate Allison Diller tallied the game's first goal in the 31st minute on an assist from Kendal Giesige. 

Sami Scoles then found the back of the net two minutes later on a Riley Eachus dish to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.

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BHS girls tennis 4-1 loss to Bryan

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 8:15am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 4-1 to visiting powerhouse Bryan Saturday, October 1.

The Pirate season record dropped to 3-12 with the defeat. The Lady Bears earned their 20th win of the season with the victory.

Pirate junior Brooke Camper posted the lone Bluffton win at first singles.

Bluffton visits Van Wert (9-5) in a makeup match Monday, and then hosts LCC Tuesday to end the regular season.

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A Shawnee Indian walked from Oklahoma to Bluffton

Posted by Staff on October 2, 2022 - 7:34am

To see the land where he once camped

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

First of a series of articles pertaining to indigenous people of the Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties. 

From a 1928 Bluffton News, history of the community–While Michael Neuenschwander, the first Swiss settler to this community, constructed a temporary hut as his family dwelling a party of Indians came through and stopped.  

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Historical Bluffton
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Beatrice Burkholder obituary

Posted by Staff on October 1, 2022 - 12:19pm

Beatrice “Elinor” Burkholder, 89, passed away September 30, 2022, at 6:04 p.m. in Findlay.

Elinor was born June 21, 1933 in Mt. Cory, to John and Anna (Gorby) Bowersox who preceded her in death. On March 21, 1958 she married Q. Harry Burkholder who preceded her in death on September 20, 2018. 

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Obituaries
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Forum presentation considers the civil rights movement, past and present

Posted by Paula Scott on October 1, 2022 - 11:06am

By Paula Scott

Dr. Todd Allen, vice-president for diversity affairs at Messiah University in Pennsylvania, appeared in Bluffton University’s Forum series on September 27 with a program titled “On the Road to Freedom: Moving the Race Conversation Forward.”

Allen was there, in part, to pitch a May 2023 travel opportunity for Bluffton students that includes a three-week, charter-bus tour of key civil rights destinations such as the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, the Whitney Plantation near New Orleans and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson.

Before the presentation, Allen told the Icon that he would explore how civil rights tourism can be “a vehicle for advancing conversations about race and justice and reconciliation.” Through The Common Ground Project he has led such tours for 21 years. “It’s a chance to engage this living history in a way that often isn’t done in our classrooms. It has great relevance for what we’re experiencing as a nation today.”

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Bluffton University
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Fall storytime continues at Bluffton Public Library

Posted by Staff on October 1, 2022 - 5:55am

There are three ways to sign up for Fall storytime at Bluffton Public Library:

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Bluffton Public Library
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