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15 minutes with Chrissy Lugibihl and Janette Reineke

Discussion centers on attention-getting videos and window display - but you are in for a lot more
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 3:20pm

This Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs edition of “Fifteen Minutes With...” is a video installment with Chrissy Lugibihl and Janette Reinke of the Et Cetera Shop. Watch the video at the bottom of this story.

The BCE asked for tips on producing attention-getting videos and window displays, as well as for background information on the thrift shop located at 327 N. Main St., phone (419) 358-4201.

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Watch for a new "improved" Jefferson Street coming soon

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 2:06pm

Jefferson Street will close at the end of March from County Line Road to Main Street as Phase II takes place. The project is expected to be completed by July. The next image shows the official detour route during construction.

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David Rempel Smucker was a 1967 Bluffton HS graduate

Held a doctorate in Christian church history and American religion from Boston University
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 12:37pm

Former Bluffton resident David Joseph Rempel Smucker, 71, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, died March 12, 2021, following a long and courageous struggle with kidney disease.

Click here to read a column titled "Remembering Dave Smucker."

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Obituaries
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Quarry Farm invites you on a Saturday spring sparrow hike

Check out earliest spring wildflowers and see different sparrow species
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:56am

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm will  conduct a spring sparrow kike on Saturday, March 20, the first day of Spring 2021.

Beginning at 10 a.m., participants will look for the earliest spring wildflowers. As March 20 is also World Sparrow Day, hikers will see how many different species of sparrows can be spotted and submit our findings to ebird, one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects.

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Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:45am

By Amelia Alexander
As I promised in an earlier article, I’m writing an article about the growth mindset. In school, I learned about this mindset, and it has given me some perspective.  

This may be oversimplified, so be sure to take what I say with a grain of salt.  

There are two different mindsets. The growth mindset and the fixed mindset. These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks.

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Columnists
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Liquidation merchandise store open on Main Street, Ada

In former Reichert's storefront
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:33am

FROM ADA ICON - Ada’s newest business, Pallet Girls, opened recently in the former Reichert’s storefront at 111-113 S. Main St., Ada.

Owners Michelle Pierce and Shane Downing, lifelong Ada residents, have had a “soft” opening as merchandise continues to fill the store.

“We feature liquidation merchandise,” Michelle told the Icon. “Our merchandise is from major realtors including Target, Sam’s Club and Walmart.”

“We purchase pallets of items. Nearly 98 percent includes new items,” she said. “We may have some return items that have boxes open.”

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