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Regulating our emotions during a pandemic

2020 has certainly had an emotional toll on us all.
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on August 29, 2020 - 6:00am

By Christian Steiner, MD 

Psychiatry Center of Northwest Ohio 

How do we regulate our emotions in times of uncertainty? 2020 has been a year that many of us wish would come to an end. A pandemic that has people fearful, neighbors arguing and everyone forced to socially isolate. Watching a volatile market take staccato breaths while playing with our life savings and retirement.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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Lots of Beaverdam Bunch 4-H winners at the fair

33 youths among fair winners
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2020 - 3:06pm

Here are Allen County Junior Fair results from the Beaverdam Bunxh 4-H Club. Other local clubs or persons receiving awards in open class many email results to: [email protected]

Braeden Ackerman
Pen of 2 Meat Chickens – A, Third Place Junior Poultry Showmanship

Cierra Ackerman
2020 Allen County Junior Fair Queen
Livestock Judging Contest – Second Place Senior Division 
Pen of 2 Meat Chickens – A
Pantry Panic – A, First Place/County Plaque Winner     

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People
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Maple Crest – Bluffton's butterfly nursery

117 released last year; this year 56 released and 50+ caterpillars in various stages of growth
Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2020 - 2:35pm

Story by Joanne Niswander
Photos by Chelsey Bassett
Despite the restrictions that the corona virus has put on many of our regular activities, the butterfly project at Maple Crest has been thriving as usual this summer.

The only exception is that the only people who are privileged to visit the project this summer are the Maple Crest independent living residents and staff.

For those readers who have not heard of our ongoing summer project (one that began at Maple Crest way back in 2007) let me fill you in.

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Regional news
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They're quilting again

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2020 - 1:36pm

With the reopening of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St., several programs have restarted on a limited basis. One of those is quilting. Here is Leannah Reigle working on a quilt top. Several volunteers are involved in this project.

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This week's job openings on the Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2020 - 10:42am

Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons.

Check Icon Classified Ad pages at: www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds

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Business
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Letter: Former resident Dave Scoles comments on Riley Creek swimming hole

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2020 - 10:25am

Icon viewers:
It was nice to read about the "old swimming hole" on Riley Creek. My brothers Russell and Jim and some local friends spent a lot of days in the water just before the dam.  I appreciate keeping up with the Bluffton Icon. We lived at 327 Cherry St. and then moved to Colorado in 1953.  

Thanks forthe memory.
Dave Scoles 
Oro Valley, Arizona

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Letters
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