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WAPAKONETA — Bluffton boys soccer coach Steve Smucker is hoping his young squad continues to improve as the season progresses.
After Tuesday’s 4-3 victory over Wapakoneta at Harmon Field, Smucker has to be feeling a little more confident.
Bluffton led 4-1 early in the second half. However, Wapakoneta put the pressure on the young Bluffton squad, scoring two goals late in the game, cutting the deficit to one goal.

ELIDA — Visions of a district finals loss to Celina danced in the Elida players’ heads.
So Elida trotted out for warmups with a little extra push.
Elida scored early and went on to post a convincing 5-2 girls soccer victory Tuesday night against Celina.
Elida’s Jency Jenkins had three goals and one assist. Cienna Kuhn had two goals. Jaydon Hollstein had four assists.
“I think today we came back with fire in our belly and we wanted to come out and get a good win against a good team,” Kuhn said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling Barack Obama’s program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, declaring he loves the “dreamers” who could face deportation but insisting it’s up to Congress, not him, to address their plight.
Trump didn’t specify what he wanted done, essentially sending a six-month time bomb to his fellow Republicans in Congress who have no consensus on how to defuse it.

CINCINNATI — With Cincinnati’s streetcar close to its one-year anniversary, ridership projections have fallen short of expectations.
Consultants for the Cincinnati Bell Connector predicted it would see about 3,200 rides each day. The streetcar saw more than 18,000 rides when it opened Sept. 9, 2016, but it has not seen more than an average of 2,026 rides a day since.
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority now estimates an average of 1,693 rides a day between July 2017 and June 2018.

LIMA — Shelter from the Storm, a depression and bi-polar support group for individuals, family or friends will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday evenings, at Partnership for Violence Free Families, 309 W. High St., Suite A, Lima.

LIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
300 block of McPheron Avenue, Lima — Officers responded Monday to a report of destruction of property.
North West Street at West North Street, Lima — A traffic accident with property damage was investigated Monday.
1200 block of Knollwood Drive, Lima — The report of destruction of property was investigated Monday.
500 block of East Eureka Street, Lima — Officers investigated a robbery on Monday.

LIMA — Gas prices in the Lima region have skyrocketed since last week as a result of Hurricane Harvey shutting down an extensive amount of refining capacity in Texas.
In Allen County and the eight surrounding counties, gas prices saw an average increase of more than a quarter, according to prices reported to GasBuddy.com.

Escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula rattled nerves on Wall Street Tuesday, leading to the stock market’s worst day in almost three weeks.
Bank stocks led the slide as bond yields slumped. Technology stocks, the biggest gainers this year, also pulled the market lower. Energy companies climbed the most as the price of crude oil rose.
Traders also bid up shares in traditional safe-haven investments such as utilities and gold, which climbed to the highest level in more than a year.

Paid sports clerk openings at The Lima News
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