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Here's September's MMH worship leaders

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 29, 2016 - 10:44am

September worship services are set at Mennonite Memorial Home. Here's the schedule:
Sundays - 9:30 a.m.
4th - Chaplain Bill Herr
11th - Rev. Don Clinger
18th - Rev. Mioke Downey
25th - Chaplain Bill Herr

Tuesdays - 6:30 p.m.
6th - Rev. Jack Duffy, First Baptist, Ada
13th - To be announced
20th - Rev. David Good, Bluffton Presbyterian
27th - Rev. Lynn Thompson, St. John Mennonite
 

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Apollo school board meets Aug. 29

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on August 28, 2016 - 10:50pm

Apollo school board will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29, in the Apollo board room, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima. The board agenda is an attachment to this story.

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Regional news
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School starts on Monday - watch for kids crossing the street - especially at Main and College

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2016 - 9:48pm

The Bluffton school year starts on Monday. It's an important time to remind drivers of pedestrian safety at Main Street and College Avenue.

Ohio law requires drivers to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.

"I'll be there with my best sign-spinning moves to encourage drivers to share the road," Paula Scott told the Icon.

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Regional news
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Initial gallery show of 2016-17 features two women artists

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2016 - 9:43pm

“Structural Evidence,” an exhibition of work from Valerie Escobedo and Laura Barnhardt-Corle, will kick off the 2016-17 schedule in Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery, located in the Sauder Visual Arts Center. 

Opening Aug. 29, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 22. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception for the artists will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.

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Bluffton University
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I think I know that tune

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 28, 2016 - 9:40pm

We an only surmise that if this person represents the Bluffton Farmers' Market then it must be Jim Boedicker looking down on us on the mural on the former Groves' Bear building. For the latest update on the mural open the photo below.

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Multi-vehicle accident near Mt. Cory closes north and south I-75

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 26, 2016 - 5:06pm

Bluffton rescue crews are on the scene of a traffic-stopping accident on Interstate 75. Bluffton sirens were heard around 1:30 p.m. (Friday, Aug. 26)

Both northbound and southbound I-75 was at a standstil at 2:15 p.m. Southbound was also backup up several miles north of Mt. Cory. Northbound was backed up to Beaverdam.

It appears that two semi trucks and at least one car are involved, however more vehicles could also be part of the accident. One semi is off the interstate in a field. Another is off the interstate.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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