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Buy your BCE art auction ticket before June 15 and save some money

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 24, 2012 - 1:23pm

Here's a chance to get an early-bird ticket to this year's Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur's art auction and save some money. This year's auction is Saturday, Oct. 27, at The Centre.

On tickets purchased by June 15 persons may save $25 on a table for eight. After June 15 tables are $300.

The auction will raise funds for the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs (BCE), a non-profit business incubator.

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Blanchard Valley Hospital among top 5% of U.S. hospitals for patient safety for the third consecutive year

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 24, 2012 - 6:40am

Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, an Icon advertiser, has been named a recipient of the 2012 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. This means that BVH has earned patient safety ratings that are in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals.

This is the third consecutive year BVH has received this award. This year, Blanchard Valley is one of only 15 hospitals in Ohio and one of only 263 hospitals in the country to receive this designation.

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School may be out soon - but summer strings is just getting underway

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2012 - 6:15pm

School may be out soon, but summer strings program is almost ready to begin.

According to Rachael Lewis, Bluffton schools string instructor, the summer program begins Tuesday, June 5. Sessions continue June 12, July 3, July 10 and July 17. (No sessions June 19 or June 26).

"The program is for students wishing to play their instrument during the summer," said Lewis. "This program is free and will be held in the strings or middle school band room. The students may come to as many of the classes as their summer schedule permits."

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A cleaner County Road 313

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2012 - 2:00pm

From left: Taylor Steele, son of Lion Tracy Steele, Lions Morris Groman, Lowell Hostetler, Sue Shields, Daryl Shields, Ron Lora, Dan Diller, Jake Szabo, son of Lion Jerry Szabo, Dale Metzger, Mark Alliman, Andy Armstrong, Jan Emmert, Jerry Szabo and Howard Shelly. Absent from the photos are Lions Tom Edwards, Steph Larcom, Gene Long and Fred Rodabaugh.

Sixteen members and two friends of the Bluffton Lions Club collected trash on May 19 along County Road 313 between County Road 15 and State Route 235.

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On a red Mustang

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 23, 2012 - 7:28am

The Icon spotted this in First National Bank's parking lot on a red Mustang. Holy Book?

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Dumpsters hard at work at Spring Street recycle center

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 22, 2012 - 7:02pm

It's spring clean up time in Bluffton. The village has several dumpsters at the Spring Street recycling center available now through May 29, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.

"This will provide residents with 10 days including two weekend to take items to the center," he said.

What not to dump:
Household hazardous waste materials are not permitted to be disposed of during this period.

The village maintenance department has already had to pull more than a dozen tires out of the dumpsters. These are not approved for disposal.

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