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And then the rains came

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2015 - 5:01pm

It's 5 p.m. on Monday. Here's the Little Riley looking toward Bluffton University at the Kibler-Bentley Road bridge. Bluffton emergencies officials are watching the water rise in case of necessary evacuation in low-lying areas of the village.

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Here's some BHS sophomores you might recognize

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2015 - 4:40pm

Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1948 posed as sophomores in the 1946 Buccaneer - 70 yearbooks ago.

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Historical Bluffton
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Robert Kreider's funeral arrangement incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 27, 2015 - 9:38pm

Robert Kreider of North Newton, Kansas, died at 4 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 27. He is a former president of Bluffton College. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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Obituaries
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Donald Sterrett 1956-2015

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2015 - 4:05pm

Donald Guy Sterrett, 59, of Bluffton died at 12:40 p.m., Dec. 25, 2015, at Lima Memorial Health System.  Donald was born Nov. 11, 1956, in Lima to the late Cyril and Dorothy Bockey Sterrett.  On Dec. 1, 1979 he married Lynda Badertscher Sterrett and she survives.

Don was an electrical supervisor at Materion Brush, Elmore. He attended Lima Community Church of the Nazarene. He was a graduate of Lima Central Catholic High School and Owens Tech. College. 

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Obituaries
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Flood warning issued for Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2015 - 1:23pm

Bluffton police posted a flood warning announcement on Nixle.  Here is the message:

Advisory: The NWS has issued a flash flood watch. Those along the Riley Creek should consider necessary precautions and actions.

The NWS has issued a flash flood watch for our area. The heaviest rain will likely be late tonight and overnight, making it difficult to determine  and/orestimate potential impacts.  

We encourage those located near and along the Riley Creek to consider moving items to higher ground to avoid a sudden rush over night during the storm. 

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Regional news
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Meanwhile, for Bluffton Icon viewers, please enjoy the Christmas lights of Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 26, 2015 - 1:07pm

NOTE to Bluffton Icon viewers: Bluffton and Ada Icons, internet sites in the same family, offer a post-Christmas switch.

The Bluffton Icon's "2015 Bluffton Christmas Lights Winners," is now also featured on the Ada Icon home page in the interest of Ada viewers.

Likewise, Ada Icon's "Ada Christmas Scenes of 2015," is featured on Bluffton Icon. Please enjoy views of Ada at Christmas, while Ada viewers enjoy views of Bluffton at Christmas.

We’ve collected holiday photos from the Icon and from two Ada Facebooks.

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Regional news
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