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Librarians at work

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2016 - 5:12pm

Here's how you do it..cover letters with yarn.

These librarians are learning different ways to engage teens in library activities at a conference hosted Friday by the Ada Public Library and held at the nearby United Methodist Church.

From left are Esther Birkey, Bluffton Public Library; Nicole Katz, Lorain Public Library; Natalie Walton, Ada Public Library. Fifty librarians shared ideas about their programs for teens. (Monty Siekerman, Ada Icon photo)

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Bluffton Public Library
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David Rodabaugh, Bluffton favorite son, now municipal court judge

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2016 - 4:46pm

One of this community’s favorite sons, David Rodabaugh, is now a Lima Municipal Court judge.
 
He joins a court stacked with Bluffton connections. Judge Tammie K. Hursh, also a municipal court judge, is from Bluffton. Richard Warren, Bluffton native and former common pleas court judge, is a court magistrate.
 
Rodabaugh fills a seat left vacant upon the retirement of Judge RicKard Workman. Ohio Governor John Kasich appointed Rodabaugh, a lifetime attorney, who practiced in Lima and Bluffton, to the court.
 

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People
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Middle strings voice

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2016 - 4:17pm

The Icon continues its feature photo series on members of the Bluffton High School string ensemble. Here is Tad Steiner playing viola.

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Meet Reagan Mittendorf - this sixth grader will blow out 3 or 12 candles on Feb. 29

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2016 - 3:46pm

First of our series on Icon viewers born in a leap year on Feb. 29.
 
Reagan Mittendorf and two carloads of her friends will spend a day this weekend at Sky Zone in Fort Wayne. It’s an indoor trampoline park and it’s Reagan’s birthday party.
 
Depending on who’s counting, Reagan will be either 3 or 12. Her birthday is Feb. 29. She’s in a special group of people who were born in a leap year on the “extra” day.
 

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People
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Marcia Vermillion sang with Sweet Adelines

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 26, 2016 - 2:50pm

Marcia E. Vermillion, 82, died on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at her residence in LaFayette.

She was born on Nov. 30, 1933, in Camden, N.J .to Gerald and Helen (Hawkins) Connor who preceded her in death. On May 25, 1952, she married James L. Vermillion and he died on Aug. 28, 2013.

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Obituaries
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Committee for Better Schools hosts levy info meetings

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2016 - 5:57pm

The Committee for Better Schools announced three community levy informational meetings, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.

These are held at 7 p.m. in the elementary library:
• Wednesday, March 2
• Monday, March 7
• Wednesday March 9 

These meetings concern the renewal of a one-half percent income tax renewal for permanent improvements. The levy is on the Tuesday, March 15, ballot.

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Public Meetings
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