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Andrew Paul "Andy" Reichenbach was a mechanical engineer

Posted by Staff on April 5, 2023 - 10:16am

Andrew Paul "Andy" Reichenbach was born June 10, 1980 in Columbus, Indiana to Jennifer and Dean Reichenbach. It was there that he learned to love Jesus, music, and sports. At Columbus North High School, Andy loved playing on the basketball team and playing guitar in his band, The Lost Poets. (PHOTO).

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Obituaries
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Beaver baseball April 3 recap

Posted by Staff on April 5, 2023 - 8:13am

By Ethan Stearns, sports information assistant

DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team finished a three-game series with Defiance on Monday, April 3, 2023, with a 5-2 victory, completing the sweep while improving to 11-7 and 5-1 in the Heartland Conference. The Defiance baseball team fell to 3-14 and 0-5 in the HCAC.

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Chicken and Eggs open house at Litzenberg Memorial Woods

Posted by Staff on April 5, 2023 - 8:12am

FINDLAY--Eggs were essential on the farm and were easy to come by as most pioneers raised chickens. Mrs. Boylan will be frying eggs on the cookstove, brewing fresh coffee and talking with guests about the many ways pioneers cooked with eggs. Stop by the wagon shed to visit with the chickens and see if any of the hens have laid eggs. 

Litzenberg Memorial Woods, McKinnis House. 1-4:00 p.m.
All ages are welcome. Free; registration is not required. 

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Events
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School pickup/drop off traffic will see increased police presence

Posted by Staff on April 5, 2023 - 7:40am

The following announcement was made by the Bluffton Police Department on Facebook:

The Bluffton Police Department has received several complaints recently regarding school bus and school zone safety. Our officers will be taking a proactive approach to these complaints and you will see an increased police presence around the schools to help keep our youth safe. 

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Police/Fire/EMS
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March 2023 local weather observations

Posted by Paula Scott on April 5, 2023 - 6:59am

Glad to see March 2023 and its weather in the rear view mirror? Here is the month's weather summary from NWS weather observer Guy Verhoff of Pandora.

March Weather Observations Chart

MARCH 2023 - PANDORA OBSERVATIONS

Avg. Temp. 39.0

Normal Avg. Temp 37.5

Normal Avg. Prec 2.58

Max Temp 65 on March 1

Min Temp 17 on March 19

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Regional news
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Area swimmers compete in YMCA national competition

Posted by Staff on April 4, 2023 - 5:53pm

Eleven local high schools swimmers will represent the Lima YMCA this week for the YMCA National Competition April 3-7 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Swimmers are from Ada, Bath, Bluffton, Elida, Shawnee, Van Wert and Wapakoneta high school swim teams and will represent the Lima area.

All swimmers had to qualify with top time cuts to be invited to Nationals. The competition will include more than 325 teams with more than 1000 swimmers from YMCA teams across the United States.
This year is the 100th year of this competition and past Olympic swimmers and other professional swimmers will be in attendance. Swimmers are coached by head coach April Dorman of Bluffton and assistant coaches Jeff Bowlus, Lima; Luke Kleman, Glandorf and Scott Newman, Lima.

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