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Bluffton's school board voted on Monday to purchase the Heath Mikesell and Heather Rutan property located on the corner of Lawn Avenue and Vine Street. The price for the property is $135,000. The intention is to raze the structure and create additional green playground space. In June the board voted to purchase the brick house between the school and Mikesell property.

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David L. Ernest, 71, died Aug. 19, 2017, at the Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida.  David was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Findlay to the late Delmer and Juanita (Gearing) Ernest. On Feb. 25, 1967 he married Nancy Cupples Ernest and she survives.

It's a concert on the lawn

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Ice cream, a warm summer evening, music and friends.

What else is there?

LOTS OF PHOTOS BELOW

5 Myles High, a Bluffton-based jazz combo featuring a trumpet, bass, vocals, piano and drums, performed during this year’s Mennonite Memorial Home concert on the lawn ice cream social.

The social was Sunday, Aug. 20, on the back lawn of the Mennonite Home, 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton.

Members of the group are Myles Bowers, trumpet, Sean McNeal, percussion, Krysti Schhey, piano and vocals, and Philip Schey, bass and vocals.

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FROM ADA ICON - Former Ada resident Mary Howard sent the Icon this photo of yesterday's solar eclipse with the following explanation: I live in Worland, Wyoming, but am originally from Ada.

I watched the eclipse at Gooseberry Badlands between Worland and Meeteetse, Wyoming.  Buddy (my dog) and I sat up in the parking lot of the Badland's scenic area. The traffic was crazy to try and go anywhere else.

The starlings came out and the crickets started chirping as I was sitting there.

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Here's another look at solar eclipse watchers on Aug. 21 at the Bluffton Public Library. Here are Janet Yoder with her mother, Miriam Jantzi, and son, Jeff Yoder, in the back. Behind them are Jami Rehm with her daughter, Rebekah. Jamie Nygaard photo.

 

Dr. Leah Eiden, M.D., will see patients in Bluffton this fall

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Dr. Leah Eiden, M.D., Bluffton’s newest general practitioner, feels right at home in Bluffton Hospital.

After all, she was born in the hospital. The first person she met in Bluffton was Dr. Howard Shelly, M.D., who delivered her. Dr. Eiden will see patients soon at Bluffton Primary Care, an office currently under renovation.

The Icon sat down with her recently for Q and A. Her youngest son, Jack, sat in on our interview. Here’s what we’d like to share with viewers.

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