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Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 1:25pm

A male cardinal stands out in the snow in this photo near the Icon's bird feeder. It went for sunflower seeds while the various sparrows weren't as picky. (Mary Pannabecker Steiner photo)

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Little Riley Creek featured in film to premier this month

“Conservation and Agriculture: Where Land Meets Water” will premier Feb. 26 on Zoom • Collaboration between Blanchard River Watershed and West Central Ohio Land Conservancy
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 12:51pm

The Little Riley Creek is featured in a new film premiered later this month, created in part by the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP), according to Lauren Sandhu, watershed coordinator.

“Conservation and Agriculture: Where Land Meets Water” will premiere at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26,  on Zoom.  The video will be released for public viewing after the premiere.

The video project is a collaboration between BRWP and the West Central Ohio Land Conservancy (WCOLC). It features farmland, conservation practices and waterways in Allen and Hancock Counties.

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Icon book review: How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

A romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs and hieroglyphics
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 12:12pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
How about a little romance for Feb. 14th?

In #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult’s latest novel, the book of two ways (Ballentine Books, Isbn 978-1-4328-8334-8), romance is the background to a splendid tutorial on Egyptology, tombs, and hieroglyphics. With four pages of reference materials at the finish you can immerse yourself in a time far past knowing the details of that time are accurate and made simple for us to understand.

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Weather is suddenly challenging

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 11:14am

February's weather quickly turned challenging in the past three days. 

Below is a summary of temperature and snow readings so far this month, from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Regional news
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Bluffton girls get rematch with Cory-Rawson

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 10:15am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON - The Bluffton girls basketball team was seeded eighth out of 14 teams at the Van Wert district/Div. IV super sectional drawing held recently.

The Lady Pirate cagers (11-9) will visit local rival Cory-Rawson (13-6) in the first round Wednesday, February 17 at 7 p.m. The seventh-seeded Lady Hornets knocked off the Pirate girls 39-29 at Bluffton back in the season opener.

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Sports
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So, you think you know Bluffton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 9, 2021 - 9:32am

So, you think you know Bluffton? Okay, where is this? Answer tomorrow.

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Regional news
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