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“State of Our Organization: COVID-19 Response and Plan Part II”

Blanchard Valley Health System - on Facebook Live 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 11:27am

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will hold a “State of Our Organization: COVID-19 Response and Plan Part II” through Facebook live to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the response plan for BVHS and answer questions from the community.

President and CEO Scott Malaney and Dr. William Kose, vice president of special projects, will speak to the community for a second time on the pandemic and updates on the health system’s response from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16.

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Nine confirmed cases in Hardin. County

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 10:53am

On April 13, Kenton Hardin Health Department is reporting the 8th and 9th confirmed cases of COVID-19. These are confirmed lab results of the virus.

According to Kelsey Ralston of the health department, "We at this time have not had a positive patient recover. We will however report those recovered cases as we have them in the county."

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Republic trash routes delayed one day this week

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 10:45am

Nixle announcement, 10:07 a.m. Monday, April 13 -

Republic trash routes will be delayed one day this week. Contact Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, with questions.

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Terry Huber was a 1973 Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 10:34am

Terry Lewis Huber, 64, died April 8, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. He was born May 15, 1955, in Lima to Dale Lewis Huber, who survives near Bluffton, and Etta Jo (Maynard) Huber, who preceded him in death. On May 22, 1982, he married Cheryl Kay Anspach, and she survives in Lima.

Terry graduated from Bluffton High School in 1973 and attended The Ohio State University. He and his twin brother, Larry, operated Huber Farms.

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Rose Smith 1932 - 2020

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 10:19am

Mary Rosella “Rose” Smith, 87, died April 11, 2020. Born in Bluffton, Ohio, on Dec. 2, 1932, to the late Paul and Blanche Shulaw, she married Samuel L. Smith who died in September of 2019.  

During her life she worked at the Erie Army Depot in the 1950s, was a newspaper reporter in the 1960s, worked in the Hancock County Court system, was secretary to Judge Moorhead in the 1970s, and later church secretary for Pastor Howard Spriggs, Findlay. After retiring, she and her husband Sam,  managed the Bluffton Superwash. 

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Is Bluffton the teddy bear capital of Ohio?

Our census report is up to 80 bears and other stuffed animals in local windows • Check out the Icon's Teddy Bear Hunt map
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 12, 2020 - 8:46pm

Send the Icon your teddy bear address
We also welcome photos!

Just remember, it’s a work in progress.

Posting bear sightings on the Bluffton Icon’s teddy bear hunt map reminds us of an airport. Think, O’Hare in Chicago. We seem to learn of a new bear in a window about every other minute.

Last week when the Icon asked Bluffton residents to provide addresses of teddy bears in windows, well, we figured a couple dozen, tops. 

Not so.

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