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Meanwhile in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 19, 2021 - 1:02pm

FROM ADA ICON - Samantha Lee of Ada shares this photo with Icon viewers. According to Samantha, ONU students spent the day making a ramp out of snow to snowboard off a room on Union Street in Ada. "It was pretty exciting for neighbors to watch," she said.  Watch for more snow photos on the Icon this weekend.

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Bluffton girls duo earns All-NWC honorable mention

Senior guard Laykin Garmatter and junior post Kylie Stackhouse recognized
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 19, 2021 - 11:46am

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS -Two Bluffton girls received All-Northwest Conference basketball notice from league coaches in voting conducted at their annual selection meeting this week.

Senior guard Laykin Garmatter and junior post Kylie Stackhouse were each voted honorable mention all-league.

The Lady Pirates finished their regular season 12-10 overall and 4-4 in the NWC, good for sixth in the nine-team league. 

Spencerville senior Emma Leis was selected the 2020-21 NWC Player of the Year in voting by the league coaches. 

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This week's list

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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