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Lady Pirates blast Wildcats, win NWC opener

Lauren Swartzlander cracked 1 double, 3 singles,1 RBI to help pace the Lady Pirate onslaught
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:48am

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton softball team mustered a season-best offensive outburst to win its Northwest Conference opener handily 19-7 over Delphos Jefferson Thursday evening.

Bluffton improved to 1-5 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with their first win. Meanwhile, Delphos Jefferson dropped to 1-8 and 0-1 in NWC play with the lopsided loss.

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This week's list

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:22am

Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons. Check Icon Classified Ad pages at: www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds.

New opening are added to this list daily. Businesses interested in listing positions available should contact [email protected].

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Business
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Library focus of Friday's chamber morning meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 2:57pm

Jessica Hermiller, Bluffton Public Library director, will update Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members on the activities of the library this year.

She will speak at the 7:30 a.m., Friday, Apruil 9, Zoom chamber meeting. Several updates from chamber members are also on the agenda.

For the link to the Zoom meeting contact Paul Scott, chamber CEO, at [email protected]

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Regional news
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Icon book review: The Four Winds

Robert McCool writes: "This new book exhibits the power of her prose that's present that's in all of her writing"
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 1:56pm

Review by Robert McCool
Kristin Hannah does  it again.

I've gone back and read every one of Kristin Hannah's (The Nightingale, The Great Alone) novels, and this new book exhibits the power of her prose that's present that's in all of her writing.

In “The Four Winds” (ISBN 978-1-64358-823-0) the strength of her protagonist is the strength exhibited in all of her female characters. The strength to carry the weight the world, and sometimes that means the whole family, upon her shoulders.

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Columnists
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Here's this school year's academic letter winners

Members the Bluffton High School classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 1:30pm

Bluffton High School's 22nd annual academic letter assembly took place on March 30.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.5 cummulative grade point average or higher receive an academic letter.

Due to covid restrictions this year, students received letters during a ceremony at school. It was recorded for parents to watch at a later time.

Previous letter winners are listed with an * by their name. The printed program is attached below.

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People
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Joanne Buhler Voth was a Bluffton College graduate

She worked in several mission-related agencies around the world
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 1:13pm

Former Bluffton resident Joanne Buhler Voth, 91, a resident of Rockingham, Virginia, died on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at her home.

Joanne was born on Dec. 6, 1929, to Gerhard Buhler from Mt Lake, Minnesota, and Leucile (Steiner) Buhler, from Bluffton.         

She graduated from Bluffton College in 1951 with a degree in elementary education.

On Sept. 2, 1950, she married Leland Willis Voth, son of Rev. William C. and Matilda (Kliewer) Voth in the First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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