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New Leaf Christmas open house Nov. 19-20-21

New Leaf Landscape and Garden Center, 0395 State Route 235, Ada, will hold its Christmas open house Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21.

The open house will include several special offers plus door prizes. Included in the open house are:
• a county area with Buffalo Plaid, galvanized and farm theme items
• a snowy and snowmen area
• a cardinals and grapevine area
• and a red, gold and silver glitter area.

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Bluffton Public Library announces 2020 "Non-event Fundraiser"

Bluffton Public Library announces 2020 “Non-event Fundraiser”

Bluffton Public Library invites you to not be a part of a fundraising event this year. Stay at home! Wear comfy clothes! No babysitter is needed!

Allen County Health Department focus is on covid-19 contact tracing

All other general services reduced for time being

Allen County is experiencing its highest surge of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The following announcement was made today by the Allen County Health Department:

Prior to this recent surge of cases that began in October, the most cases Allen County had reported in one month was 522 in August. In just the past 5 days Allen County has reported 603 new cases.

The most recent comparison of per capita rates of Ohio’s 88 counties ranked Allen County as having the 4th highest rate of new cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days.

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Having the last leaf

Bluffton's largest vacuum sweep is a hungry guy. It eat leaves in the fall and hibernates until the next fall. The village crew is out today as the vacuum continues its feed frenzy.

The fate of the climate rests upon my generation’s shoulders

It is clearly evident that helping care for the environment is in our own interest

By Amelia Alexander
Note: Amelia, an Ada HS student, is the Icon's newest columnist. Writing twice a month, this is her second column. Click here to read her first column. You will find all her future columns on our "Columnists" page.

The fate of the climate rests upon my generation’s shoulders.

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