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Bluffton's J.D. Yoder coaching an ONU football team vs. Notre Dame? Well, yes, in a manner of speaking

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 11, 2012 - 12:01pm

Students from Ohio Northern University's T.J. Smull College of Engineering have created a team of robotic football players to compete in the fourth annual University of Notre Dame robotic football competition on Friday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in Notre Dame's Stepan Center.

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Paul Yoder casting for a short flick - here's your chance to be a star

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 10, 2012 - 6:56am

Do you want to be a movie star? Now's your chance. Paul Yoder (BHS grad, now a student at Taylor University) tells us he is producing a short film in Berne, Ind. He's looking for some warm bodies from Bluffton to help out.

Here's what he has shared with The Icon about the project:

Title: "Stranger"
Tagline: The world's getting smaller and stranger.

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Some people treat Maple Grove Cemetery as a dog park

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2012 - 4:33am

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My husband and I have noticed lately that a lot of people seem to be using Maple Grove Cemetary as a dog park. There have been several instances where we have gone out there and have seen people walking their dogs or just letting them run freely.

We have also witnessed someone letting their dog run around urinating on headstones while the owner just walked around talking on their cell phone.

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Some people treat Maple Grove Cemetery as a dog park

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2012 - 4:33am

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My husband and I have noticed lately that a lot of people seem to be using Maple Grove Cemetary as a dog park. There have been several instances where we have gone out there and have seen people walking their dogs or just letting them run freely.

We have also witnessed someone letting their dog run around urinating on headstones while the owner just walked around talking on their cell phone.

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How do Allen County health rankings stack up with Ohio's 87 other counties?

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 4, 2012 - 11:25am

How do Ohio counties measure up on access to healthy foods, obesity rates, teen births, education, and single parent families, and how are these factors linked to health?

The third County Health Rankings is now available and will allow residents look at how healthy Allen County is, see what factors affect their health, and compare Allen County to others in Ohio.

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Icon misinformed about raising wooden pool from bottom of Buckeye

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 2, 2012 - 4:30pm
Bluffton Buckeye swimming pool circa 1920s

The Icon apologizes for mis-information provided about reported plans to raise the wooden floating swimming pool from the depths of the Buckeye (Click here for that story, read by over 675 viewers).

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