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18 caps

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2019 - 9:23pm

This photo needs a little explanation, but it's worth a second look. Here are 18 caps. You'll find these hanging in the Spring Street village building. The Icon stopped by last week and saw the caps and couldn't resist taking this photo. Where else in Bluffton are 18 caps in a row?

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15 minutes with Jenny (Sylak) Goodrich

Music teacher and softball coach in the UP; took her team to the regional finals
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 30, 2019 - 9:07pm

Icon: We understanding you are a high school teacher and softball coach.
Jenny: I teach and coach at Bark River-Harris High School in Michigan.

Icon: Where is it on the Michigan map?
Jenny: It’s in Harris, Michigan, about 10 miles northwest of Escanaba in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. About 10 hours from Bluffton.

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Another biosimilar to Herceptin

FDA approves new drug that treats breast, stomach and esophageal cancer
Posted by LizGH on June 30, 2019 - 6:00am

Note: this article was provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy. 
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another biosimilar to a drug that treats breast, stomach and esophageal cancer.

This biosimilar is called Kanjinti (trastuzumab-anns). The FDA approved it because it appeared to have no meaningful differences from Herceptin (trastuzumab), which has already been approved.

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Jeff Gundy offers free Writing Workshop at Bluffton library on July 9th

Professor Gundy will discuss his family history research as well as his upcoming memoir, Wind Farm. Time for writing to follow. Register today!
Posted by Bluffton Public... on June 29, 2019 - 1:51pm

Interested in Creative Nonfiction including memoirs, biographies, and family histories?

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Bob Antibus to discuss edible mushrooms at Bluffton Library on July 16th

Dr. Antibus will explain which varieties of mushrooms are edible and how to grow them yourself. Be sure to register!
Posted by Bluffton Public... on June 29, 2019 - 1:30pm

Ever wonder how you grow mushrooms and which varieties are edible? Learn from an expert! -- Dr. Robert Antibus, Professor Emeritus of Biology at Bluffton University, will present "Growing & Eating Mushrooms" on July 16 from 6-7 p.m. in Bluffton Public Library's lower level meeting room.

Those who register will not walk away empty-handed, so be sure to register by July 10. (Registration is required.) This program is free, and open to adults and teens. There will be time for questions at the end of the program.

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The Bluffton Story - part 11

Written by Bluffton 6th graders in 1953-54
Posted by LizGH on June 29, 2019 - 6:00am

Note: Bluffton sixth graders in the 1953-54 school year (graduating class of 1960) created a booklet titled "The Bluffton Story." The following article is part of that booklet, which is now in the history collection at the Bluffton Public Library. This series continues each week on the Icon.
By Vera Basinger and Doris Ann Niswander

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