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Farmer information meeting in Ada Thursday

Mark Badertscher: "This is all about crop producers managing their unplanted acres as a result of the wet spring."
Posted by LizGH on June 25, 2019 - 2:00pm

FROM ADA ICON - The Ohio No-Till Council and OSU Extention will hold an information meet in Ada on Thursday for area farmers who have unplanted acres and need information about what to do with these fields, according to Mark Badertscher of the Hardin extension office.

The meeting is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in McIntosh Center on the ONU campus.

Badertscher said that the meeting will address answers about crop insurance, weed control and cover crops.

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T.R. Steiner: "Let clay be clay"

You might call him Maple Crest's artist in residence
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2019 - 1:41pm

Maple Crest Senior Living Village doesn’t have an official Artist in Residence, but T.R. Steiner is as close as it gets. 

Click here to visit his website.

Maintenance supervisor for the 18-acre independent and assisted living community, Steiner credits his mechanical skills with the ability to craft prize-winning ceramic pieces. 

Like painting, clearing snow and doing general repairs, working in clay is also a process.  Having an engineering mentality is a plus in this art form, according to Steiner.

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Former Bluffton resident Joy Savage Harris in first-ever triathalon

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2019 - 11:24am

Joy Savage Harris, 2004 Bluffton High School graduate, ran in her first-ever triathalon.

She competed in the Rock Hall Sprint Triathalon held in Silver Spring, Maryland, on June 2.

Her times are in the attachment below.

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Sports
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P-G's Riley Larcom receives OHSAA scholarship

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 25, 2019 - 11:09am

Riley Larcom, Pandora-Gilboa HS graduate, is among 199 recent high school graduates to receive a scholarship ranging from $500 to $1,000 from the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Scholar-athlete recipients are selected based on a point system, which rewards students for grade point averages; class rank; ACT or SAT scores; varsity letters earned; and individual and team athletic honors.

The recipients were selected by special committees within each of the OHSAA’s six athletic districts.

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People
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Family Space Camps at your local library

Posted by LizGH on June 25, 2019 - 6:00am

Bluffton Public Library is offering Family Space Camp for families with kids, ages kindergarten through 12th grade, to come learn about life in space on Friday, June 28 at 1 p.m. 

Registration is required. 

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Bluffton Public Library
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Looks like a set-up

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 24, 2019 - 4:29pm

Derek Dukes wa a popular attraction during Saturday's Shirley's downtown birthday party. Derek sat in the dunk tank for a time, and judging by the distance between the bull's eye and the pitching mound, Derek took several dunks during the morning. Watch the Icon for more photos all week of the Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn event.

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