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Car fire at car wash

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 2:48pm

Bluffton fire department and EMS squads responded to a fire call on Saturday afternoon at the Bluffton Super Car Wash 313 State Route 103. The vehicle was inside the automatic wash stall. No one was injured in the fire and the Icon is waiting on additional details at this time. Photos by Ryan Canterbury, Slow Order Productions.

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Community shred day April 30

Citizens National Bank celebrates Community Banking Month
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 2:31pm

Citizens National Bank celebrates Community Banking Month in April.

Each CNB office is giving away a gift basket including local items from each of its branch communities.

Anyone who visits a branch in April may enter to win the community gift baskets valued at more than $150 each. Entries may also be made online at the bank’s website, www.cnbohio.com. The drawing will be held Friday, April 30.

Also, each branch office will host a Community Shred Day on Friday, April 30.

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‘Getting Into Good Trouble’

Students explore during Bluffton Spiritual Life Week
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 2:11pm

Students recently explored “Getting Into Good Trouble,” during Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week.

Dr. Drew Hart, assistant professor of theology at Messiah University, led conversations for the March 21-25 activities and spoke during Forum and Chapel via Zoom. Theme verse Micah 6:8, “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God,” punctuated the activities.

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15 minutes with BHS senior Celia Smith

She says Organic Chemistry is the hardest subject she is taking this year
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 12:49pm

Interviewed by Tayler Nowak-Valentine
Celia Smith is a senior at Bluffton High School currently taking Advanced Mathematics, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, College Writing, Financial Literacy/Sociology, Anatomy and Child Development. She says Organic Chemistry is the hardest subject she is taking this year.

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Bluffton's next elementary principal needs very little introduction

Bluffton University grad, taught at Grove, is principal at Cory-Rawson
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 12:30pm

Bluffton’s soon-to-be elementary principal, Ben Thiel, needs very little introduction.

A 2009 Bluffton University graduate, he is currently elementary principal at Cory-Rawson, a position he has held since 2018-19 school year. And, from 2014 to 2018 he was a junior high and high school social studies teacher and assistant football coach at Columbus Grove.

He is a Lincoln Hall alum, played on the Beaver football team, and became acquainted with Jeff Richards during college.

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Roughriders take two from Lady Pirates 

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 5, 2021 - 11:47am

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Visiting St. Marys swept a non-league aoftball twinbill from Bluffton team Saturday.

The Lady Pirates fell to 0-4 with the 2-1 and 9-5 defeats, while SM improved to 3-1.

In game one, the Roughriders plated single runs in each of the first two innings and made them stand up in the tight 2-1 win.

Ashley Fleece singled home the lone Bluffton run in their last at bat as the Pirates rallied late, only to come up just short. Kennedi Jordan collected the other Pirate hit.

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