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Marcia Lodemeier was a former resident of Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 19, 2019 - 11:26am

Former Bluffton resident, Marcia Ann Lodermeier, 70, of Sunbury, Ohio, died on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at the OSU Medical Center.

She was a retired physical therapy assistant having worked at both Lima Memorial and St. Rita’s Hospitals in Lima. 

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Obituaries
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More Bluffton Christmas gift options!

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2019 - 4:50pm

Boutique 415, Bluffton, offers two local artists' works for shoppers looking for Bluffton-made Christmas gifts.

• Eric Rayle of Beaver Street Wood Turning creates crafted wooden bowels, ring holders, vases and ornaments. 

Jenny Frankart, of Rustic Bendz creates unique handmade spoon jewelry.

The shop also has gift certificates, and a holiday special offer at both Boutique 415 and Polished includes the following:

• Spend $50 get $10 free
• Spend $75 get $15 free
• Spend $125 get $25 free

Boutique 415 is located at 415 N. Main St., Bluffton.

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Business
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Elaine and Diane – a chamber tradition

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2019 - 3:29pm

It's becoming a chamber December traditiion. Elaine Wehri and her sister, Diane (right), put persons attending last Friday's chamber breakfast in the Christmas spirit. They performed Christmas music during the breakfast portion of the meeting. They also performed at last year's December breakfast.

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What's on your Christmas tree says a lot about you – read on...

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2019 - 3:05pm

FROM ADA ICON  - (This photo story is also on Bluffton Icon. ) Don't be surpised if you find polar bears on Christmas trees on the ONU campus. It's a local phenomenon, as all Ohio communities carry on their own holiday tree ornament traditions.

For example, in neighoring Bluffton it is not surprising to find a beaver on a tree, as is evident in the next photo in this series. (This story is also posted on Ada Icon.)

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Regional news
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Bluffton-Rhodes nursing partnership announced

The agreement encourages transfer of students between the two institutions; designed to to help meet the need for nurses in northwest Ohio
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2019 - 2:35pm

Rhodes State College and Bluffton University today announced a partnership involving the nursing programs of the two schools, designed to to help meet the need for nurses in northwest Ohio.

The agreement between Bluffton and Rhodes  facilitates the transfer of students between the two institutions.

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Bluffton University
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My season of motherhood

Diapers, sleep deprivation and dancing chickens
Posted by LizGH on December 18, 2019 - 2:00pm

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
To everything, there is a season. And I'm not talking about the fall, winter, spring, summer... or even the Christmas season, but the seasons that come with motherhood. These seasons are typified by little things, like diapers or high chairs, soccer balls or pom poms.  

If you have a teenager, you may be in the season of door-slamming and hormones. If you have a growing boy, you may be in the season of monthly shoe-shopping, as you try to keep up with your son's ever-growing feet.

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