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Library holiday gift auction opens Friday

All packages will include a minimum bid and feature a special “Buy Now” price if a patron is ready to take it home at that time
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 4:50pm

Bluffton Public Library is ready for the holidays.

Its annual holiday gift silent auction starts Friday morning, Nov. 1, and continues through Monday evening, Nov. 25.

"This is a wonderful way to get your holiday shopping done all while benefiting your library and its community," said Jessica Hermiller, library administrator.

All packages will include a minimum bid and feature a special “Buy Now” price if a patron is ready to take it home at that time.

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Bluffton Public Library
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Jefferson Street nears completion

New playground equipment installed at Buckeye on Tuesday
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 4:33pm

Bluffton council will get an update on several village projects at Monday’s council meeting.

Among items on the agenda include:
• The Jefferson Street bridge will be grooved on Tuesday, as the asphalt was installed today. Also, on Tuesday will be street line striping. Once completed the roadway will open.

• New playground equipment for the Buckeye park playground arrived last week. It will be installed on Tuesday.

• Leaf pick up will begin this week.

• Twenty-six ADA curb ramps were completed in the village in 2019.

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Public Meetings
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Buckeye floating pool 1944

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 2:36pm

Here are two rare photos of the floating swimming pool in the Buckeye quarry. These photos was taken in 1944, during a Lions Club picnic, following a removation of the pool area by the club.

For people who can visualize the location, this is east end (Main Street side) of the Buckeye. 

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Historical Bluffton
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JEN CPA

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 2:21pm

The Icon spotted JEN CPA in the Bluffton municipal parking lot on a metallic Lincoln MKC.

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Regional news
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COSI comes to Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 28, 2019 - 2:01pm

BHS juniors Nicholas Jebsen and Asher Antrim help third graders navigate a COSI station during last week's visit to the elementary. The theme of the visit was "Hungry Planet." Check the additional photos in the series by Jamie Nygaard.

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Palliative care and hospice symposium Oct. 30

Posted by Icon K on October 28, 2019 - 1:56pm

St. Rita’s Medical Center will host The 2019 Palliative Care and Hospice Symposium, focusing on presentations and discussion on palliative and hospice care and dispelling the myths that surround these services.

The event is  Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the UNOH Event Center,  450 N Cable Road, Lima. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m., with  presentations take place from  7:45 a.m. to  4 p.m.

Breakfast and lunch are provided to those who attend. Additional registration and agenda is at Eventbrite.com, or by calling 419-226-9353.

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Regional news
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