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Downtown Bluffton Christmas open house weekend

Lots of reasons to come downtown and shop local
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 2:49pm

Check out the flyer listing sales items at bottom of this story -
Bluffton Downtown Merchants invite Icon viewers to a downtown Christmas open house Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2.

Each participating business has an assortment of specials and discount items.

See the flyer in the attachments at the bottom of this story for specific sale events. The flyer was mailed to postal patrons in the Bluffton area this week.

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Business
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New playground in town

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 1:15pm

There's a new playground in town. New equipment installation is underway at the Buckeye park. The new assortment should be in place by this weekend.

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Scott Born was a 1983 Bluffton HS graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 11:35am

Scott Roger Born, 54, died at his Bluffton residence on Oct. 28, 2019.  The son of Nancy and (the late) Don Fultz of Bluffton, and Roger and Phyllis Born of Circleville, Ohio, Scott was born June 7, 1965, in Lima, Ohio.

Scott was a 1983 graduate of Bluffton High School, and earned, with honors, an Associate's Degree in Mechanical Design Engineering from Lima Technical College.  Scott had most recently been employed by Accubuilt in Lima.

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Obituaries
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Pirates enter regional soccer play tonight in Sandusky

7 p.m. contest opponent is Fairview Park HS, Cuyahoga County school
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 11:14am

Bluffton High School boys’ soccer team travels to Sandusky today (Wednesday, Oct. 30) for a 7 p.m. Division III regional semi-final round game versus Fairview Park.

The game is played at Sandusky High School’s football stadium, Strobel Field and Cedar Point Stadium, 75 Orlando Pace Drive, Sandusky. (The game was originally set for Sandusky Perkins, but was changed to Sandusky HS.)

Tickets at the gate are $8.

A BHS spirit bus leaves Bluffton at 5 p.m. tonight.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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Trick-or-treat in Bluffton still on for Thursday

Bluffton Icon will take photos at the public library, stop in!
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 30, 2019 - 10:44am

Just a reminder that the village of Bluffton trick-or-treat is still set for 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31.

• Bluffton Family Recreation will accept Halloweeners from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

• Members of Bluffton University’s Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association and Bluffton Education Association are inviting community members and trick-or-treaters to Mosiman Hall from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Classrooms will be decorated for the Halloween holiday and treats will be handed out. 

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Regional news
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Apprentice at Chef and the Farmer

Professor shares about apprenticeship
Posted by Icon K on October 30, 2019 - 6:00am

Jeanna Haggard, assistant professor of food and nutrition, will present the Colloquium, “Apprentice at Chef and the Farmer,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

During the presentation, Haggard will share about her apprenticeship with celebrity chef Vivian Howard, owner of Chef and the Farmer in Kinston, N.C., and star of the PBS show “A Chef’s Life.”

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Bluffton University
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