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Come star gazing with Hardin Co. Astronomy Club

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The Hardin County Astronomy Club will have meteor and star gazing for the Perseid meteor shower on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 9:30 p.m. to midnight at the McGuffey village park on East South Street in McGuffey, according to David Humphreys of the club.  

If cloudy or raining, the club will try again on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the same time.  

Tuesday evening National Night Out followed by fireworks

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We can’t wait until Tuesday evening. Can you?

It’s National Night Out, says Lt. Matt Oglesbee, of the Bluffton police department.

Last year the event gobbled down 2,400 hotdogs, 1,200 bags of chips and 2,500 caps of pop and water.

“This year looks like a repeat of last year,” said Oglesbee, who oversees the sixth annual Bluffton National Night Out, which is a community-police awareness-raising event. Bluffton's event is sponsored by the Bluffton police and Pandora police departments.

Call St. John's UCC to register your child

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The Bluffton Ministerial Association and Bluffton Community Assistance Program will provide free school supplies to Bluffton school district children on the free and/or reduced lunch program again this year.

The distribution takes place from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 10, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.

The sponsoring groups suggest to call the church to enroll your child at 419-358-5641.

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Ohio farmers in 40 Ohio counties may seek potential relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the USDA Secretarial disaster designation in their counties or contiguous counties due to rain, flooding, or other weather conditions.  

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in letters dated July 25, 2019, designated several counties as primary natural disaster areas due to production losses caused by extreme weather events that occurred during the 2019 crop year.

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Here are births at Bluffton Hospital, given to the Icon, for June and July. Congratulations to all parents. 

June 26 - Jude Thaddeus, son of Jordan and Kayla Herrera of Bluffton.

July 3 - Samuel James, son of Ronnie and Kaliegh Hines of Kenton.

July 6 - McKenna Ruby, daughter of Anthoy and Candace Myers of Beaverdam.

July 6 - Benjamin, son of Alan and Meagan Brickner of Ottawa.

July 10 - Aubrey Anne, daughter of Travis and Ashley August of Bluffton.

July 25 - Evelynn Ann, daughter of Brett and BriAnna Ybarra of Fostoria.

Senior Center board game night on Aug. 12

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It’s game night at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center on Monday, Aug 12.

The senior citizens association’s August dinner meeting program, at 6 p.m., on  game night and several familiar board games will be on the tables.

The dinner meeting is catered by The Dough Hook and the menu is sandwiches, salads and cookies. Tickets are $6.50 and reservations are needed by Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Barb Nusbaum is the dinner host and Bev. Armstrong is the master of ceremonies.

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