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Federal funds will cover 100% of airport taxiway rehabilitation

Engineering work on the nearly $1 million project takes place in 2021
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 3:50pm

2021 will see completion of a nearly $1 million updgrade at the Bluffton airport, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.

A November airport planning meeting included a review of 2020 and earlier grants and status updates for several future grants. The discussion points of that November meeting were part of the Dec. 14 Bluffton council agenda.

Blackburn told council members that in 2020 the village received a federal grant to upgrade certain airport taxiways. In 2021 engineering for those upgrades will take place.

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Ada-based band releases new album

Mississippi Bones has wise words from the uninformed
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 2:47pm

FROM ADA ICON - The Ada-based band Mississippi Bones is releasing a new album titled “Wise Words from the Uninformed,” according to Dusty Donley.

He told the Icon that the album cover and artwork are a spoof of old tabloids like the Weekly World News.

“The record itself comes with a full tabloid magazine,” said Donley. “Each song on the album is an ‘article’ in the magazine.”

This is the sixth full-length album and 15th release by the band since 2010. 

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Bluffton native, now living in France, write mystery novels

Her latest centers around the fictional town of "Shannon" - does it sound familiar?
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 1:19pm

Bluffton residents know her as Lucinda Stratton Guthrie. She writes mystery books under the pen name Bluette Matthey.

Today she lives in Béziers in the south of France with her husband and, as she puts it, two demanding cats. (As an additional Bluffton connection, her brother is Rodney Stratton.)

The former Blufftonite and BHS grad says she grew up reading mysteries and being frightened to death as a child watching Alfred Hitchcock on Friday nights. The result: “Two Murders Too Many,” Bluette’s latest mystery. 

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Warm wintery glow

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 12:40pm

The Icon's holiday nighttime window viewing paused at Luke's to check out the winter scene on the window. It offers a warm, friendly inside glow in addition to its snowy scene.

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15 minutes with Lily Shadle

2019 BHS grad in pharmacy school at Ohio Northern
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 10:30am

15 minutes with Lily Shadle
Interviewed by Derek Swartzlander
Icon: You graduated from Bluffton in 2019. What have you been doing since then?
Lily: I have been attending Ohio Northern University for pharmacy.

What are your goals after you graduate?
Lily: Right now my only real goal is to make my way through pharmacy school. Eventually, after that I would like to get married one day and start my own family.

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Lima Rotary Club awards scholarship to Bluffton University students

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 16, 2020 - 10:21am

Lima Rotary Club awarded scholarships to 17 non-traditional students for the winter 2020 – 2021 sessions in mid-December.

These students are attending Apollo Career Center, Bluffton University, Ohio State University–Lima, Rhodes State College and the University of Northwestern Ohio.

They are pursuing degrees in Biology, Education, Social Work, Nursing, Medical Assisting, Health Care Administration, Structural Plate & Pipe Welding and CDA.

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