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By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon will be in summer break mode from June 30-July 6.

We will still be monitoring the in box at [email protected] and posting breaking news, obituaries and sports. Other news will be on pause.

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NOTE: Many thanks to the Icon reader who pointed out that there are 30 days in June!

The Friends of the Bluffton Public Library are hosting a book sale on June 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m., June 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and June 28: 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sale proceeds benefit library services, materials, and programs. Your purchase at this sale goes to enriching Bluffton and the surrounding community.

By Jeevan Jyoti, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of Healthwise Pharmacy

"No bones about it" is believed to have started in England around the 15th century. It described the unpleasant finding of bones in one's soup. Today we used the idiom to describe no hesitation or objection to something.

How can we maintain healthy bones?

JUNE 23 MEDIA RELEASE — Bluffton University honored the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement with a series of events this past spring. The celebration featured lectures, performances, exhibits and panel discussions reflecting on Anabaptist faith, history and values.

Highlights included:
Public Lectures and Forums exploring themes such as biblical interpretation, peacebuilding, and dissent in Anabaptist tradition, led by Bluffton faculty and national scholars including Dr. John D. Roth, Dr. Gerald Mast, Eric Kurtz and Rev. Dr. Maxwell Kennel.

JUNE 24 MEDIA RELEASE — During the 2024-25 white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season, State Wildlife Officer Nathan Cass, assigned to Crawford County, received information that a hunter had exceeded the county bag limit of three deer. Officer Cass discovered that the suspect had harvested six deer, with three game-checked in Medina County despite being harvested in Crawford County. The suspect was charged with three counts of taking more than the county bag limit and three counts of providing false information when game checking a deer.

Hometown Stations (WLIO) has reported on a June 23 hearing in Allen County Common Pleas Court, where Ronald Powell Jr. sought to have his case dismissed involving charges for a December 2021 shooting in Bluffton.

Powell's attorney says the days allowed for a speedy trial have expired. Prosecutors say delays are due to paperwork being sent to the wrong address. The case awaits a ruling from judge Jeffrey L. Reed.

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