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FROM ADA ICON - Ada schools sent the follow alert message at 4:16 p.m. today:

"At the time of dismissal we received a suspicious call that forced us to evacuate the building. All students were safely evacuated from campus."

The Icon understands that the following officials are on the scene:
• Allen County Bomb Squad
• Hardin County Sheriff
• Ada Police Department
• On stand by is Ada-Liberty Township fire and EMS
 

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HEARTLAND COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT SOMMER CENTER
Bluffton University will host its first-ever Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament this weekend at the Sommer Center.
 
Tourney qualifiers by seed
1 – Bluffton 23-2, 16-2
2 – Rose-Hulman 22-3, 16-2
3 – Franklin 18-7, 14-4
4 – Transylvania 18-7,14-4
5 – Mt. St. Joseph 9-16, 8-10
6 – Defiance 7-18, 6-12
 

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RIBBON CUTTING AT 12:15 P.M. FRIDAY - MARCH 11!
Dr. Matthew Ellerbrock, chiropractic physician, opened Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue in Bluffton on Feb. 17.
 
It is at 120 N. Main St., Suite A, in the former Forever in Stitches storefront. That business is now in the rear of the building and is open to customers from the municipal parking lot.
 

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Bluffton University 2015-16 women’s basketball team, front from left, Jessica Boggan 32, Marina Lyons 43, Abby Jerger 23, Taylor Knight 13, Taylor Whitaker 3, Kaitlyn Pennekamp 31, Belicia Cooper 11, Ashley Salyer 14. Standing from left, Torri Futch 45, Macey Sheerer 33, Rachel Beining 34, Brianna Calver, (assistant coach), Chad Shutler (coach), Dennis Lee (assistant coach), Shelby Koenig 40, Abigail O’Donnel 20, Kaycee Rowe 5, Erika Motiejunas 15. (Absent Olivia Poole 42)
 

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The Bluffton High School academic banquet is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Tues  in the Bluffton Middle School cafetorium. 

 A total of 97 students from the sophomore, junior and senior class will be honored at a dinner banquet for maintaining a g.p.a. of 3.5 or higher.

 

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The Bluffton HIgh School String Chamber Ensemble will perform at OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Event on Friday, Feb. 26, at Bowling Green Middle School.

The ensemble will be performing in class "B" at 5:55 p.m. Selections include "Contrasts in E minor," "Lullaby" and "M to the 3rd Power."

The ensemble is under the direction of Rachael E. Lewis

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