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At BHS vs. Spencerville basketball game

The Bluffton High School home boys' varsity basketball game on Friday, Jan. 19, between Spencerville and BHS  will be Military Appreciation Night, according to Alex Hanna, BHS athletic director.

All current members of the military, military veterans, spouses, and children of anyone currently deployed will be get free admission.

Emergency Preparedness Tuesday, town hall, 7 p.m.

Transition Bluffton will host a meeting at the Bluffton town hall at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Randy Augsburger will be speaking on Emergency Preparedness. Augsburger previously spoke at Bluffton Public Library for September’s Emergency Preparedness Month last year. 

Augsburger will be covering how to take practical steps to prepare your family for emergencies, assess your own preparedness, and deal with major and minor disasters that could reasonably happen in northwest Ohio. 

We don't know the meaning of SSWDNP, but it certainly means something and we welcome viewers' thoughts. The Icon found this plate on a red Lexus RX 350 in a Bluffton University parking lot.

And, what to expect in 2018

The year 2017 presented the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) with the opportunity to improve one of the area’s most valuable assets as the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County began.

The project began in March.

“We accomplished what we hoped to in the first year of the project, even with weather setbacks, which included significant rainfall and flooding of some areas of Findlay and of the Interstate 75 project area,” said Kirk Slusher, ODOT District 1 deputy director.

Allen County Commissioners Cory Noonan and Jay Begg will give their annual State of the County address to the Lima Rotary Club on Monday, Jan. 15.  The Rotary Club will also hold its annual blood drive at the Civic Center that day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

 

Here's Google Analytic stats in our review of the past year

Q: What are the most popular two hours of the week when viewers read Bluffton Icon?

A: Wednesday evenings between 9 and 11 p.m.

Bluffton Icon experienced a solid year of views, according to statistics from Google Analytics. And the above fact was one of many that reveals viewer habits on the Icon in 2017.

Additional 2017 compared to 2016 stats, follow, but first here’s some social media stats:

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