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Prevention Awareness Support Services cancels suicide awareness walk

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 24, 2020 - 9:57am

As the result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the decision has been made to cancel the annual suicide awareness and prevention walks held in September.

The unknown impact of increased community spread combined with distancing and hygiene requirements make it difficult to plan and responsibly hold the events.

“As a prevention agency, we are mindful of our need to support public health efforts that ensure both physical and mental wellness for our community” said Rick Skilliter, executive director of Prevention Awareness Support Services.

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Read the 6-page order regarding statewide facial coverings

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 24, 2020 - 9:44am

On Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a six-page order from the Ohio Department of Health Interim Director Lance Himes regarding statewide facial coverings.

The order states that all persons in Ohio shall wear facial covering and spells out the situations applying and not-applying to these orders.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORDER

 

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HB 6 repeal would address only part of Ohio Lawmakers' recent action to slow renewables

This story is from "Eye on Ohio," Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 24, 2020 - 8:52am

While the primary focus of the Icons is the Bluffton and Ada communities, we are a supporter of "Eye on Ohio, Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism." This article is provided by the Center and should be of interest to Icon viewers.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski
Both Republican and Democratic Ohio lawmakers are pushing to repeal the state’s nuclear bailout bill after this week’s release of a federal criminal complaint against House Speaker Larry Householder and others.

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Iconoclast View
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Read this book and never look at a tree in the same old way again

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel will plant seeds long after it's over
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on July 24, 2020 - 6:00am

Review by Robert McCool
Richard Powers' (Gain, The Goldbug Variations) 11th novel is titled “The Overstory”, ISBN 978393635522, and it displays his powerful storytelling in  his best effort to date.

Barbara Kingsolver (The Poison Bible; Unsheltered,a Novel) has called the book, “Monumental.... A gigantic fable of genuine truths.”

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Columnists
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Esther Cole, 1923 - 2020

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 3:20pm

Esther C. Cole, 97, of rural Alvada died at 10:54 p.m. Tuesday, July 21,2020. Esther was born in Wyandot County on May 14, 1923, to the late William and Ethel (Kloepfer) Walter. On Jan. 7, 1942 Esther married Carlton M. Cole and he died on July 6, 2015.

The couple had three sons: Gary M. (Peggy) Cole of Prescott, Ariz,; Edwin D. (Judy) Cole of rural Alvada; daughters: Jeanie McCree of Naples Fla., Sue Cook of Perrysburg; and Debra (Ned) Niswander of Bluffton.

She is also survived by 18 grandchildren.

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Obituaries
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Introducing Billy Marchal's quick change battery clamp

Will replace the battery clamp used on vehicles since 1940
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 23, 2020 - 2:07pm

WATCH THE VIDEO AND
VIEW THE PHOTOS BELOW –
How often have you struggled to remove the clamp attached to your car battery? 

You know, that clamp first designed for under-the-hood use in vehicles invented 80 car models ago?

Bill Marchal, former owner of the Bluffton Dari Freeze, said that he decided something need to be done. So, he did it himself. 

He invented a clamp that replaces, in a flash, the pre-World War II technology.

It all started on a cold, windy day, as he tried to remove the battery from his tractor. 

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