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Rockin' at the chamber

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 19, 2019 - 5:14pm

Steve Frey and Phil Schey held a guitar jam session at last Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. It was the first breakfast of the summer. The next chamber breakfast is Friday, Sept. 13.

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Betty Kantner was a life-long Pandora resident

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 19, 2019 - 2:14pm

Betty E. Kantner, 88, died June 18, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Betty was born March 21, 1931, in Pandora to the late Gerald and Lela (Oberly) Basinger.  On Dec. 16, 1951, she married Forest "Bud" Kantner who preceded her in death on March 16, 2015.

Betty graduated from Pandora High School and was a homemaker.  She was a life member of Grace Mennonite Church in Pandora and volunteered with the Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary. 

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Obituaries
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LEGO fun at the library on Friday

Posted by LizGH on June 19, 2019 - 6:00am

Bluffton Public Library hosts LEGO-building fun on Friday, June 21 from 1-3 p.m. in the lower level meeting room. Bring your own LEGOs or use the library's.

Open to all ages and no registration is required. 

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Bluffton Public Library
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Watercolor workshop at library on June 26

Posted by LizGH on June 19, 2019 - 6:00am

Create your own watercolor at the Wednesday, June 26 workshop at the library at 6 p.m. Jeanne Beutler will be leading the workshop, and the cost is $10 at the door. 

No previous experience required, but space is limited, so please register.

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Bluffton Public Library
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Ohio governor USDA disaster designation for Ohio farmers

Posted by LizGH on June 19, 2019 - 6:00am

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting a USDA Secretarial disaster designation for Ohio amid heavy rainfall impacting Ohio farmers.

In his letter, Governor DeWine notes that record rainfall through the spring planting season has been devastating to Ohio farmers, with flooding and saturated fields preventing them from planting crops. Only 50 percent of Ohio’s corn crop and 32 percent of Ohio’s soybean crop have been planted as of June 10, 2019.

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Regional news
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Bluffton PD, sheriff's office, search for "person of potential suicidal risk"

Subject found in rural Bluffton and taken to St. Rita's Medical Center
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 18, 2019 - 4:08pm

A person idenitifed by Bluffton police as a potential suicidal risk was taken by Bluffton EMS to St. Rita's Medical Center for a psychological evaluation as a result of self-inflicted injuries.

The occurrence took place on Tuesday, June 18. Ryan Burkholder, Bluffton police chief provide the following information to the Icon:

"Police offiers and Allen County sheriff deputies responded to the area of the Bluffton University Nature Preserve for a suicidal subject.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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