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Memories made in your grandparents' barn

Posted by Staff on April 15, 2023 - 5:00am

By Kaye Phillips
Swiss Community Historical Society member

Spring brings back thoughts of playing in my grandparent’s barn. We lived beside my grandparents, so I had full access to explore daily. Kittens in the hay mow. Rabbits in the pens. Two steers that loved to be fed sugar cubes. Across the way were the sows and piglets. There was also a brooder house for chicks. The chicken coop was close to the barn and full of activity. Endless hours were spent enjoying the small farm.

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Historical Bluffton
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Syd Lewis Gwin owned a construction business

Posted by Staff on April 14, 2023 - 11:33am

UPDATED 9:00 p.m., April 16, 2023.

Syd Lewis Gwin, 34, passed away April 8, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. Syd was born July 4, 1988 in Shelby, Ohio to Herman Gwin and Julie Cukrowicz.  On August 30, 2014, he married Abigail Steiner Gwin, who survives.

Syd was a graduate of Ashland High School. He owned and operated his own construction business. Syd enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting, motorcycles, camping, kayaking and snow skiing with his family.

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Obituaries
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Pirate baseball blanks Ada

Posted by Staff on April 14, 2023 - 9:59am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School baseball team shut out local rival visiting Ada 9-0 at home in a Northwest Conference game Thursday evening, April 13.

Bluffton improved to 5-4 overall and 2-0 in the league after the win.  

Columbus Grove and Lincolnview are tied atop the league with the Pirates at 2-0.

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Sports
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Pirate softball loses to Ada

Posted by Staff on April 14, 2023 - 9:57am

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Ada High School softball team beat local rival Bluffton 6-2 in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday evening, April 13.

The Pirate girls fell to 5-6 overall and 1-1 in the NWC with the loss.

The Ada girls record improved to 10-1 overall after the win. The Bulldogs are in first place in the NWC at 3-0 with the convincing victory, tied with perennial power Crestview. 

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Sports
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Pirates host Track & Field tri-meet

Posted by Staff on April 14, 2023 - 6:38am

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School track and field team hosted a triangular meet with Ada and Riverdale Tuesday, April 11.

Bluffton freshman Aubrey Burkholder swept the girls 100 and 300-meter hurdle events. Brianna Tabler cleared the pole vault in first.

Pirate junior Luke Donaldson won the boys 400-meter run. Noah Bricker finished first in the high jump.

Top finishers: 

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Sports
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Payton Stephens earns top marks in Bluffton peace oratorical contest

Posted by Staff on April 14, 2023 - 6:32am

Payton Stephens ’22, a writing and communication and media double major from Lebanon, Ohio, was named the winner of Bluffton University’s annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.

Stephens’ speech, “Finding Peace in Religious Conversations: The Free Exercise Clause and Public Schools,” was delivered to address issues of restraining religious conversations in schools.

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Bluffton University
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