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Celebrate student research and creativity

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Bluffton University’s Musselman Library will host its sixth annual Celebrate the Library Week, Feb. 5-7. The week is a time for discovery and community for students, faculty, staff and emeriti. The goal of this week is clearly stated in its tag line: “Celebrating Student Research and Creativity.” The week includes a variety of activities such as the First Tuesday Forum, a health and wellness expo and a research fair.  

First Tuesday Forum at the library
11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, Musselman Library Reading Room

Here are 2019 council committee assignments

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Jerry Cupples was re-elected president of Bluffton council for 2019 at the Jan. 14 reorganizational meeting of council.

Mayor Richard Johnson announced that council committees would remain unchanged from 2018. Those committees follow:

In the Bluffton practice of Blanchard Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology

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During a noon break between seeing patients, the Icon caught up with Dr. Molly Senokozlieff, M.D., women’s health specialist. Her office is across from Bluffton Hospital in Blanchard Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology (formerly called Bluffton Woman’s Care).

When in Bluffton she may see 20 patients or more during the day, and her patient load had reached a dozen when we arrived. We talked quickly because one of her patients in Bluffton was in labor.

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Constance "Connie" Sue Long, 48, died Jan. 23, 2019, at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus. Connie was born July 17, 1970, in Bluffton to Donald and Darlene (Lytle) Burkholder.  On May 6, 2000, she married David Long and he survives.

Connie graduated from Pandora-Gilboa High School and from the Ohio State Beauty Academy in Lima.  She had previously worked at Blanchard Valley Center in Findlay and volunteered at the Et Cetera in Bluffton. 

Connie was a member of the Leipsic Fishing and Hunting Club. 

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Jonah Agner of The Food Store, frequent presenter at Bluffton Senior Citizens programs, gave a lesson in healthy comfort food on Jan. 23. Part of the "Our Version of Adult Learning" (OVAL), Agner provided how-to instructions and then fed those attending with Jane Agner sausage rolls and vegan chili.

Probably someone you know

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Here is Bluffton High School’s  second quarter Honor Roll for the 2018-2019 school year:

9th Grade – all A:
Haelyn Bischoff, Nicole Boyle, Sophia Bricker, Riley Busch, Roric Dunifon, Elizabeth Frazier, Jordyn Garmatter, Lauren Gray, Caden Habegger, Trent Howard, Ellana Krupp, Kenneth Lovett, Ian Martz, Caleb McKenzie, Ella Miller, Reagan Mittendorf, Kylie Monday, Ellie Nickel, Eli Okuley, Nathan Schaadt, Skyler Scoles, Luke Shadle, Lauren Swartzlander, Cara Young

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