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Lots of BFR soccer planned for 2016

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 11:15am

There's plenty of indoor and outdoor soccer action planned for youth through adults this year at Bluffton Family Recreation. Here's a sidelines photo of an Ottawa team in a Saturday morning indoor match.

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480 EMS runs keeps Bluffton squad busy in 2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 11:02am

Bluffton EMS had a busy year with 480 total runs, according to Jan Basinger, EMS director.
 
The squad had 459 calls with 353 of those of a medical nature. The majority of calls, 360, were within the village of Bluffton.
 
The squad had 339 transports with Bluffton Hospital as the destination on 164 calls, Lima Memorial with 81, St. Rita’s Medical Center 81 and Blanchard Valley Hospital 52. There were four life flights from the Bluffton airport.
 
July was the busiest month with 48 runs. August was the lightest month with 29 runs.
 

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Police/Fire/EMS
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There's a new doctor in town: Dr. Robert Schutz, MD, joins Bluffton Women's Care

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 10:36am

PART OF BLANCHARD VALLEY
MEDICAL PRACTICES
Robert Schutz, MD, has joined Bluffton Women’s Care, 559 Harmon Road, Bluffton, part of Blanchard Valley Medical Practices.

Dr. Schutz provides obstetrics and gynecological care, and is accepting new and existing patients. He is joined at Bluffton Women’s Care by his longtime associates certified nurse midwives Tonya Fenzl and Shirley Cole.

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Regional news
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Letter: Jan Emmert provides more details to our Dec. 24 Bluffton Santa photo from the early 1950s

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 9:58am

Note: Jan Emmert provides the following additional information concerning the photo of Santa that the Icon posted on Dec. 24. The information provided is a portion of an email he sent to his brothers and sisters.

There are two things of interest to our family in this picture in the Bluffton Icon of downtown Bluffton, including the old Citizens Bank in the Center of town. 

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Letters
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Nettie Ferrall funeral arrangement incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2016 - 3:01pm

Nettie Ferrall, 93, of Bluffton died Jan. 2, 2016, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Men's hoops moves to 8-3 with win at Franklin

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 2, 2016 - 8:09pm

January 2, 2016
By: Ryan Schadewald, sports information assistant

Stats

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Bluffton University
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