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Bluffton's farmers market opens on Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - Bluffton’s farmers market opens for the season in the Citizens National Bank parking lot on Bluffton's Main Street on Saturday.

The market is open rain or shine each Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon from May 1 to Oct. 30, according to Greg Probst, market manager.

This year over 20 vendors are already signed up, and with many seasonal items, don’t expect that many booths on Saturday.

The market is a program offered by Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

Click here for the market Facebook.

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Free community meal Wednesday

At St. Mark Lutheran
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

St. Mark Lutheran Church and Sugar Grove United Methodist Church will hold its "Free Community Meal"  Wednesday, April 28. The meal will be served at St. Mark, 125 S. Johnson St., Ada.

The meal will be served walk up, bike up, drive up only and is free to the community.  The menu includes smoked pulled pork sandwiches (smoke by one of our own members), baked beans, cole slaw, chips and fruit.

The meal runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Current safety protocols will be observed.

 

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Ada netters defeat Bluffton, get 1st home win

Bulldogs win all three singles matches
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Story and photo by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada tennis team won all three singles matches to knock off local Northwest Conference rival Bluffton 3-2 on a warm Monday evening at the park to register their first home win on the resurfaced courts.

The Bulldog netters evened their record at 6-6 with the victory, while the Pirates fell to 2-6 with the defeat. It was Ada's fourth win in five matches over the past eight days.

The Bulldogs and Bluffton are the only two NWC schools that field boys tennis teams.

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Bulldog boys comeback falls to late Knight burst

Ada knotted the score with a 5-run rally in the bottom of the fifth
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The homestanding Ada baseball team rallied from a five-run deficit but lost 11-7 to Crestview in a seesaw Northwest Conference baseball contest Monday evening.

The Bulldog record fell to 5-8 (1-4 NWC) with the tough defeat. The Knights improved to 8-5 and 3-3 in NWC play with the win.

Crestview led 4-0 going to the bottom of the third inning. But the Bulldogs plated two runs in the home half of the third to cut the deficit in half. 

The Knights pulled back in front 7-2 before Ada knotted the score with a five-run rally in the bottom of the fifth.

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Ada girls fall to NWC-leading Knights

Bulldog record dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the NWC
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada softball team lost 12-1 to league-leading Crestview in Northwest Conference play Monday evening.

The Lady Bulldog record dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the NWC after their fourth consecutive defeat. The first-place Knight girls improved to 15-4 overall (6-0 NWC) with the victory.

Crestview built a 6-0 lead behind three-run home runs from Kali Small and Laci McCoy in the second inning. 

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Stratton Greenhouses, Roots by Stratton open house

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Stratton Greenhouses, 9915 Lincoln Highway, and Roots by Strattons, 111 S. Main St., Bluffton, will hold a spring open house this weekend, according to Susie Stratton.

The event includes several drawings and giveaways.

Open house hours:
Stratton Greenhouses -
Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Roots by Stratton's -
Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

www.strattongreenhouses.com

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