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Bluffton schools open house Monday

Posted by LizGH on September 20, 2019 - 6:00am

The Bluffton Schools will hold a district-wide open house on Monday evening, Sept. 23.  The elementary school will be open from 6-7 p.m., the middle school from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the high school from 7-8 p.m.

Several community organizations will have booths set-up in the elementary gymnasium and information will be available on ways to provide support to the school and community. The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) will be offering baked goods for donations in the elementary gymnasium, as a fundraiser. 

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Emergency Medicine Residency Program receives initial accreditation

Posted by LizGH on September 20, 2019 - 6:00am

Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center newly developed emergency medical center has received its initial accreditation.

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a three-year program and is approved for a total of 18 accredited resident positions. Medical student candidates will be able to apply in the fall 2019 and St. Rita's will participate in the 2020 National Resident Matching Program. The first class of six residents will start July 1, 2020.

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$142,020 watershed grant will help Lower Riley Creek

It's another grant coming to Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2019 - 2:23pm

Blanchard River Watershed Partnership receives a $142,020 grant for the “Innovative Use of the Nutrient Tracking Tool in the Lower Riley Creek watershed.”

Watch the brief video at the bottom explaining watersheds.

The Great Lakes Commission has awarded the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) a $142,020 grant under the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP).

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Cincinnati poet to read at Bluffton University

Posted by Icon K on September 19, 2019 - 1:57pm

Poet Matt Hart will give a public reading at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Marbeck Center’s Kreider Room at Bluffton University.

Hart is the author of “Radiant Action,” “Radiant Companion,” and several other collections of poetry. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation and several fellowships. Additionally, he is cofounder and the editor-in-chief of “Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking and Light Industrial Safety.”

Hart lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

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A barn on the move

Civil War-era Bluffton barn going to Lexington, Kentucky
Posted by Fred Steiner on September 19, 2019 - 1:30pm

16 photos below by Jamie Nygaard
A rural Bluffton barn constructed during the Civil War is moving to Lexington, Kentucky.

The barn is located on the Justin King farm on Bixel Road. King, said that barn was built in 1861, and possibly earlier.

He told the Icon that the 80-foot wide barn is being dismantled and will be reconstructed and used as a barn in the Lexington area.

Ohio Valley Barn Salvage, Mt. Gilead, Ohio, is in charge of the project.

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University hold nature event for children Saturday a.m.

Led by Amy Norris, naturalist and program coordinator
Posted by LizGH on September 19, 2019 - 1:29pm

Bluffton University is hosting a fall nature walk for children at the Moyer Nature Center and Bluffton University Nature Preserve.

Led by Amy Norris, naturalist and program coordinator, the event will take place from 11 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Sept. 21. 

The programming will be geared toward preschoolers and kindergartners; however, the whole family is welcome to learn about trees and butterflies.

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