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Red Cross assisting Rawson family after house fire

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2014 - 5:31pm

Rawson family is being assisted by the American Red Cross of Hancock County following a fire at their home on Township Road 25 on Tuesday. 

Red Cross volunteer disaster responders provided assistance to the family for food, comfort kits containing personal hygiene items, stuffed animals for the family’s children and other immediate needs.  

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BlufftonConnection - university student-run news website now on Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 1, 2014 - 5:08pm

BlufftonConnection.com joins the Icon with material this school year. The "Connection" is a student-operated website of campus information from Bluffton University. It has replaced the former campus print newspaper "The Witmarsum."

BlufftonConnection is linked to The Icon. Viewers may read "Connection" stories from the Icon's homepage "blog" section.

The website is also linked to the campus radio station, WBWH, 96.1 FM. 

To view BlufftonConnection, click here.

 

 

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Northwest Physical Therapy offers free screenings during October

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on September 29, 2014 - 9:20pm

Northwest Physical Therapy, Inc. will offer free therapy screens to the public during the month of October. These screens will be available at all four outpatient locations in Delphos, Ottawa, Bluffton and Lima.

A physical therapy screening takes approximately 10-15 minutes and will be performed by a licensed clinician. A therapy screening helps identify issues that may be causing unnecessary pain.

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Still time to enter a float in the Nov. 29 Blaze parade - here's a sneak peek at this year's event

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2014 - 5:39pm

“Happy Holidays!”

Plans for the year’s Bluffton Blaze of Lights are underway. This year’s 28th annual Thanksgiving weekend event is Saturday, Nov. 29, using the theme “Happy Holidays!”

PARADE APPLICATION FORM AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

The Blaze is an event sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. Fred Steiner, chamber director, said, “Most people think of the Blaze as a one-evening event. It’s really the entire holiday season because several events take place until New Years.”

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United Way wants you! Printer-friendly contribution form on Icon

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2014 - 5:25pm

What! You’ve not yet made your United Way contribution!

No prob. The Icon has the Bluffton-Beaverdam-Richland Township United Way donation form as a printer-friendly attachment at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton’s door-to-door solicitation was in mid-September. Perhaps you weren’t home when your doorbell rang.

This year’s local United Way goal is $25,000.

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Here's a sneak-peek of Nov. 29 Blaze; still time to enter the parade!

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 26, 2014 - 5:21pm

“Happy Holidays!”

Plans for the year’s Bluffton Blaze of Lights are underway. This year’s 28th annual Thanksgiving weekend event is Saturday, Nov. 29, using the theme “Happy Holidays!”

A PARADE APPLICATION FORM IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

The Blaze is an event sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. Fred Steiner, chamber director, said, “Most people think of the Blaze as a one-evening event. It’s really the entire holiday season because several events take place until New Years.”

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