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Icon teddy bear hunt map has 80 sightings

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 10:12pm

You can now find 80 teddy bears in the windows of the Bluffton community. It's more like a zoo, because there are several other stuffed animals, such as frogs, llamas and even a monkey or two.

CLICK HERE to view the map. You may still add your teddy bear to the map by sending your address to [email protected].

We also accept photos.

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People
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Chiles-Laman now live streaming funerals

One local funeral service has already taken place using live streaming
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 4:55pm

Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services has begun live streaming funerals over the internet, according to Jon Kinn, of the Bluffton chapel. 

One local funeral service has already taken place using live streaming, he told The Icon.

This service is in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the need for social distancing in the stay-at-home guidelines set by Governor DeWine and the Ohio Funeral Director’s Association

"Those guidelines limits funeral services to 10 people or fewer, and only immediate family members,” said Kinn.

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Business
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor COVID-19

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 4:40pm

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Now, add COVID-19 to the list. Bluffton post office is open for business and a plastic sheet hangs between the clerk and the postal patrons, as modeled by Jeanie Bernhoft.

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Bluffton council meets tonight via Zoom

Only 10 visitors may attend the meeting in the town hall
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 4:26pm

Bluffton’s first council meeting since March 18 will take place tonight (Monday, April 13), at 7 p.m.

The meeting’s arrangement is a first for the village. It will take place via Zoom video and audio conferencing and will be broadcast on the third floor of the town hall.

According to Kevin Nickel, village fiscal officer, there will be a limit of 10 persons who may attend the meeting in person.

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Public Meetings
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'41-42 Bluffton College debate team

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 3:32pm

Here's members of the Bluffton College debate team during the 1941-42 school year. Standing is Ellis Guthrie. Seated from left, Robert Blough, Leland Lehman, Lora Schultz, Mark Houshower and Bert Smucker.

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Historical Bluffton
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Betty Lou Jason was a resident of Mennonite Memorial Home

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 13, 2020 - 2:32pm

Betty Lou Jason,  80, died on Good Friday, April 10, 2020, after a prolonged illness. She was a resident of the Mennonite Memorial Nursing Home in Bluffton, Ohio.

Betty was born Jan. 11, 1940, in Cat Spring, Texas, as a 4th generation German-American. She grew up with cousins in south Texas before moving to New Albany, Indiana.

She married in 1959 and had three children. From 1970-1977 Betty lived in Mt. Cory, Ohio, serving as a pastor’s wife. 

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Obituaries
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