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Bluffton High School freshman, Amy Jebsen, performed during the Sept. 13, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. She is a student at Krysti's Music Studio. Each month a student from Krysti's performs during the breakfast.

Civil War-era Bluffton barn going to Lexington, Kentucky

16 photos below by Jamie Nygaard
A rural Bluffton barn constructed during the Civil War is moving to Lexington, Kentucky.

The barn is located on the Justin King farm on Bixel Road. King, said that barn was built in 1861, and possibly earlier.

He told the Icon that the 80-foot wide barn is being dismantled and will be reconstructed and used as a barn in the Lexington area.

Ohio Valley Barn Salvage, Mt. Gilead, Ohio, is in charge of the project.

Apollo Career Center welcomes Julie Adams, a nationally board certified teacher and consultant, who has trained around the world in the science and strategies helpful to parents, instructors and school administrators.

She will speak to Apollo staff on Friday, Sept. 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m., about neuroscience and the teen brain, and then work with instructors in the afternoon on specific lesson plans incorporating the new information and adding it to the curriculum.

Auditions for Noteworthy Community Choir held soon

Well, yes!  Noteworthy Community Choir has an inter-generational choir (Expressions) that meets Monday evenings from 7:15 - 9:15 p.m.

"We have singers ages 14 through 70+ and have had a wonderful time serving our communities through song," says Vicki Mills of Ada, director.

"New singers are welcome, and the audition is short and sweet, consisting of  singing 30 seconds of your favorite song, and running a few exercises to determine your range and musicianship skills." 

Dr. Cheri Diller, M.D., general practitioner, has joined Bluffton Family Practice and is accepting new patients, according to Dr. Darrel R. Hotmire.

Bluffton Family Practice is located at 582 Harmon Road, Bluffton.

Dr. Diller is seeing all ages of patients from newborns to seniors and both men and women.

The Pandora native has worked in private practice for several years and until recently, she was a private practice staff physician with Bluffton Primary Care.

"I'm the person who actually reads the signs at museums, and, I would grab old textbooks and read them for fun"

Recently the Icon talked with Dan Newkirk, a newcomer to Bluffton. Read his interview here. As promised, here's a chat with his wife, Lauren Logan.

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