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My cup of tea

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The idiom "my cup of tea" is used to refer to something one likes to do.  For example, I love to read historical fiction and recently finished a book by one of my favorite authors. Sandra Dallas as an author is my cup of tea! I became familiar with her works when she wrote The Persian Pickle Club about a quilting club in Kansas during the Dust Bowl. I enjoy her books to the point where I order them from the library without looking at the subject. So, I put a loan request in  (thanks, Ada Public Library) for her latest novel The Little Souls without thinking about the topic.

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Put your garage sale on the Icon map

Free garage sale ads are listed on www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds and on our map at 

www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds/map

Viewers may post ads at no cost including garage sales, card of thanks, lost and found, free kittens, bake sales, and so forth. For cars, trucks, real estate or business services viewers may provide up to 50 words for $10 per ad.

E-mail ads to (no phone calls): [email protected].

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June 14 Quarry Farm presentation: Roots of Our Watershed

Register by June 10

Register by June 10 for The Roots of Our Watershed with The Quarry Farm at 6:00 p.m. on Tues., June 14 at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main.

This event is open to adults, teens, and children with a parent or guardian present.

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2022 Campus Life pool party schedule

UPDATED: June 8 cancelled due to storm forecast.

Campus Life pool parties will be held on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Community Pool, 205 Snider Rd.

The cost is $3.00; snacks will also be for sale.

DATES

June 15, 22

July 6,13, 20, 27

August 3,10

The events are open to any student who has finished 5th grade through 2022 graduates.

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Roots music: Jazz at Greenhorn, June 8

UPDATE: Because of the forecast for rain, this event has been moved to Greenhorn, 112 Vine St.

The Jerry Szabo Trio will perform beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 8.

The event was orignially planned for the alley next to Roots. Stay tuned for future outdoor events in the alley.

Greenhorn serves internationally inspired plant-based food that is made from scratch using seasonal, organic, and locally sourced ingredients.

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Alice Basinger retires as elementary school music teacher

Bluffton Elementary School music teacher Alice Basinger has retired after 30 years and was celebrated by her colleagues at a party during the last week of school. They presented her with an album of mementos from current students.

The Icon quizzed her, what did the teacher learn during her time at the elementary school? Basinger responded, “I tried to be more relaxed, because I’m very structured.” She also noted that she learned from the wisdom of other teachers including Nancy Fultz and Nancy Yeager.

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