November 2020

And, your pie will be ready for Thanksgiving

“Yes, I’ll have a piece of pie, please.”

That could be a request made at your Thanksgiving dinner this year, thanks to the Bluffton Parent-Teacher Organization and The Dough Hook Meat Market.

The PTO is taking orders for eight different pie selections now through Friday, Nov. 13. Pies orders are taken online at www.doughhook.com.

Your choices:
• Apple
• Peach
• Rhubarb
• Chocolate cream
• Cherry
• Mixed berry
• Pumpkin 
• Peanut butter cream

Weekend class and Sunday only classes accepting registrations

Always Right Driving School, 205  N. High St., Columbus Grove, announces a driver’s education classes set for this fall and winter on the follow schedule:

Weeknight class
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Nov. 23-24-25 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Nov. 30- Dec. 1-2
Class time: 5 to 9:10 p.m.
Class location: Columbus Grove

Roy E. Evans, 74, died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at 5:23 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

He was born on July 20, 1946, in Pineville, Kentucky, to the late Dit and Harriett (McNew) Evans. On July 7, 1997, Roy married Pamela L. Rettig and she survives in Pandora.

Blanchard Valley Health System announces the opening of Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics of Northwest Ohio.

As a part of this new venture, Beyond MedSpa will transition into the new office, located at 2113 Tiffin Avenue, Suite A, Findlay.

Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics of Northwest Ohio offers services in facial plastics, body enhancements and cosmetic treatments and products, including facelift/neck lift, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, botox and derma fillers, CoolSculpting®, chemical peels, clinical skincare and more. 

This book is a perfect example of tension building within a desperate plot

Review by Robert McCool
 In Sanctuary the tension builds toward the breaking point.

...and lots more in November at Bluffton Public Library

The health and safety of our customers and staff at the Bluffton Public Library is a top priority and the library is working hard to keep services available. As of the time of this announcement, the library is open for curbside pickup only.

Lots of interesting programs make up the November list of events at the Bluffton Public Library. A summary follows:

BHS runner Erik Nygaard follows in his grandfather's running footprints

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Forty-nine cross country seasons ago, Bluffton High School boys’ track team qualified for the Class A state cross country meet. That state qualification was a first for the Pirates.

One of the runners on that team, Tim Boehr, set the school record of 10:09 in what was then a 2-mile event.

He finished as the 16th runner in the race at state in a time of 10:40, is a competition with only two divisions, A and AA. Bluffton was in Class A.

Allen County experienced a 69.33 percent voter turnout on Nov. 3, according to the county board of elections.

Of the 46,710 ballots cast 22,818  were cast on Nov. 3 and 23,892 were absentee. In the presidential race, Donald Trump won the county with 32,052 votes to Joe Biden’s 13,611.

The breakdown by local precincts is not yet on the election board’s site. The Icon will post is once it is available.

E. Louise Keiser, 94, died on Nov. 3, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora.  Louise was born on July 23, 1926, in Belleville, Pennsylvania, to the late Ralph D. and Bertha M. (Harmon) Snook. Louise married Dean M. Keiser in 1943 who preceded her in death in 2007.

She was a native of Barrville, Pennsylvania, moving to Ohio in 1954.  Thru many years of marriage, she shared a grocery business, ice cream business and also worked at Ex-Cello Corporation.  Louise was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bluffton.

Women on opposite sides of the law take the stage in a free virtual lecture from the Putnam County District LIbrary at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12. 

Two authors talk about their books in the program. They include D.M. Testa on her book "Defending the Dillinger Gang: Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins in the Courtroom," and Shayne Davison, and her book "Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie Lyons."

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