Held a doctorate in Christian church history and American religion from Boston University
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 12:37pm
Former Bluffton resident David Joseph Rempel Smucker, 71, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, died March 12, 2021, following a long and courageous struggle with kidney disease.
Click here to read a column titled "Remembering Dave Smucker."
Check out earliest spring wildflowers and see different sparrow species
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:56am
The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm will conduct a spring sparrow kike on Saturday, March 20, the first day of Spring 2021.
Beginning at 10 a.m., participants will look for the earliest spring wildflowers. As March 20 is also World Sparrow Day, hikers will see how many different species of sparrows can be spotted and submit our findings to ebird, one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects.
These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:45am
By Amelia Alexander
As I promised in an earlier article, I’m writing an article about the growth mindset. In school, I learned about this mindset, and it has given me some perspective.
This may be oversimplified, so be sure to take what I say with a grain of salt.
There are two different mindsets. The growth mindset and the fixed mindset. These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks.
So, far, Ohio individual tax date remains April 15
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 10:54am
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced on March 17 that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.
Ohio tax date remains unchanged: While certain tax deadlines were extended for 2020, currently all Ohio tax return filings and payment due dates remain unchanged for 2021. Should this change, the Icon will announce it.
This column features one of the most interesting Bluffton-Pandora area Swiss immigrants, John Ulrich Amstutz, and this column is a continuation of last week's feature.