By Staff on Mar 26, 2023 07:26 am
Emily Buckell, assistant professor of Spanish at Bluffton University, will share, “Leamos!: Comprehension-Based Novels in the L2 Classroom.”
The Colloquium presentation is free and open to the public at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 31, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
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By Paula Scott on Mar 26, 2023 07:06 am
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By Staff on Mar 26, 2023 06:54 am
FINDLAY- If you have a passion for photography or if you want to learn, come along on a hike with fellow photographers to capture the beauty of area parks through the lens of the camera. At this Findlay Hancock Park District event, participants will hike the trails taking photos of scenery, wildlife, plants, and anything else that would make an interesting subject. All skill levels and camera types are welcome.
Litzenberg Memorial Woods, Gatehouse.
9:00 a.m.. on April 1
Ages 16 and up
Free. Registration is not required.
Litzenberg Memorial Woods is located at 6100 US RT 224, west of Findlay. For more information about other upcoming park programs and events, visit the “Programs & Activities Calendar” on our website, www.HancockParks.com or call the park office at 419-425-7275.
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By Staff on Mar 26, 2023 06:40 am
Nitroglycerin accidents causing deaths in the 1890s
By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com
Recently this column revealed that DDT was poured into Riley Creek for nearly 20 years.
An earlier chemical, dangerous for a different reason, killed many persons working on oil rigs in the Bluffton area in the 1890s and 1900s. While the oil boom brought prosperity to Bluffton, it also brought bad news in an extremely dangerous chemical called nitroglycerin.
Shorted to "nitro," it was the leading cause of death of Bluffton oil field workers. These deaths were often described by the Bluffton News in the most gruesome detail. Here are several examples.
Jan. 17,1895, Bluffton News – A horrible accident occurred near Wapakoneta last Thursday which resulted in the instant death of three men and the almost complete annihilation of one of them.
They were engaged in thawing nitro-glycerine by immersing the cans in hot water when the stuff exploded, searing everything in the immediate vicinity into fragments and scattering it in every direction.
The horses had their heads blown off and their bodies terribly mutilated. No part of the wagon could be found. The victims of the accident were Frank McNelly, shooter, John Pettigrew, driller and Frank Logan, tool dresser.
The body of the shooter was torn to fragments and those of the others were dismembered and scattered all about. McNelly was the man who shot the well on the David Anderson farm near Bluffton only a few days before the accident.
He was a married man and lived in Findlay. Logan’s home was in Arlington where he leaves a wife and six children. He was a cousin of Frank Huff of the Bluffton creamery.
Dec. 16, 1897, Bluffton News - Rasty “Dan” Levan of Findlay, an employee of the American Nitro Glycerin Co., was blown to fragments in a glycerin explosion in Radner one day last week. He leaves a wife and two sons.
July 1899, Bluffton News - A number of citizens were awakened about midnight Monday night by a shock as a nitro-glycerine explosion or an earthquake. Up to the time of going to press we have be unable to learn the cause of the shock, but whatever it was, there was power behind it as houses were shaken and window panes and dishes rattled as though the buildings were coming down.
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By Staff on Mar 25, 2023 05:48 pm
Rita Mae Plaugher, 80, passed away March 25, 2023 at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Rita was born June 22, 1942 in Lima to the late Edwin and Marcilina (Haselman) Palte.
Rita graduated from Beaverdam High School. She was a school bus driver for Bluffton Schools for 30 years. Rita was a member of St. Gerard's Catholic Church, Lima. She had been a very active member of the Allen County 4-H for over 45 years. Rita was known as "Grandma of 4-H" to many and will be extremely missed. She loved the Cincinnati Reds, gambling, going to the casino and playing cards, especially euchre.
Survivors include six children, Teresa (Doug) Griffith of Lima, Tammy (Chuck) Boughan of Lima, Ed (Susan) Plaugher of Lima, Cathy (John) Lauck of Lima, Janet (Mike) Burgett of Guntown, Mississippi, Jim (Nicole) Plaugher of Waynesfield; fourteen grandchildren, Katelyn Miller, Jarvae Boughan, Trey Boughan, Sarah Kaufman, Tiffany Gray, Clint Strickland, Randy Plaugher, Whitney Kamm, Dustin Lauck, Charlie Patterson, Greg Patterson, Brittany Dickerson, Levi Plaugher, Megan Eutsler; fifteen great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Rita was preceded in death by two brothers, William Palte, James Palte; a sister, Lou Ann Osborne and her former husband, Robert Lee Plaugher.
Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at St. Gerard Catholic Church, Lima. Father Paul Mathew officiating. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery, Columbus Grove following the service. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00- 8:00 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton
Memorial contributions may be made to the Allen County Horse Council.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.chiles-lamanfh.com/
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