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Posted by Fred Steiner on February 19, 2021 - 8:48am

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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Ruth Nayor recalls living next to H.W. and Olga Berky

Housing in Bluffton was incredibly tight. There was nothing to buy or rent
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 9:25pm

For more information about "Bluffton Anthology" click here.

Ruth Naylor recalls living on Spring Street - In the late Sixties my husband, Stan, was invited to return and work for the college.

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Iconoclast View
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The pecking order

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 4:26pm

Yesterday's nuthatch is today's woodpecker. Like yesterday, we've merged two photos of our favorite feathered friend of the day into one. When woody is on the feeder, it doesn't share space with other birds. Looking closely, we think we know why. The next photo is this series demonstrates the Icon's separate by equal approach to feeding the birds.

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"Every time I make a piece of art, I shape a new small world"

Meet Amber Boop, Icon's BHS artist of February
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 4:00pm

Amber Boop, Bluffton High School junior, is the February artist of the month.

"This piece is called Rat House and it's a piece I really love," she told the Icon. "When drawing it the personalities of the rats emerged and evolved. Each of them has a unique personality and story. I loved being able to develop them and their little world.

Amber says that she enjoys art because she enjoys developing a world with her hands.

"I can shape this world however I wish," she said. "I can make it as beautiful, practical, and amusing as I want.

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People
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Pirate boys hold off Black Knight comeback

Trey Boblitt and Carson Soper led BHS with 11 points apiece, Nic Essinger and Kyler Kinn tallied 8 each, Trenton Donley added 6 points on 2 triples
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 3:38pm

By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - Visiting Bluffton built a double-digit lead and staved off a late Van Buren rally to win a non-conference boys basketball makeup contest 49-44 Wednesday night. 

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Sports
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Icon muisic review: Medicine At Midnight - Foo Fighters

Does it get any better than Foo Fighters? Hit after hit, these songs distract from life’s problems.
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 18, 2021 - 2:55pm

Reviewed by Craig Hoffman 
Medicine at Midnight is the tenth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters. Scheduled for 2020, the album was delayed to February 5, 2021 due to the pandemic. Three singles were released ahead of the album: “Shame Shame,” “No Son of Mine,” and "Waiting on a War.”

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