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Bet you never gave baking cookies a second thought

A multi-discipline school assignment you can eat
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2020 - 4:58pm

Here's a multi-discipline school assignment that you can eat.

The Icon writer had a hankering for cookies and decided to see how many disciplines baking them involves. The following column demonstrates the result, wondering how public school students might use this exercise at home.

Disciplines used
Reading, writing, mathematics, geography, music appreciation, home economics, chemistry, art, critical thinking, foreign language, physical education and study hall. Perhaps there are others we’ve not considered.

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Here's the I-75 road work update for April

Daily lane restrictions begin next week at the interchange with SR 696 near Beaverdam
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 29, 2020 - 1:09pm

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Hancock County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting.

INTERSTATE 75 PROJECTS

I-75 Widening and Reconstruction in the city of Findlay: The project to reconstruct and widen I-75 through the city of Findlay beginning just south of Harrison Street/County Road 144, which is just south of the U.S. Route 68/state Route 15 interchange, to the county Road 99 interchange, is entering its fourth and final year.

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Nixle announcement: Creeks rising - potential risk for flooding

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2020 - 8:39pm

Bluffton police sent this Nixle announcement at 8:34 p.m. Saturday, March 28:

Alert: The creeks are rising and the potential risk for flooding is likely. Please take all appropriate precautions

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Winter sports tournaments now cancelled

Tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hockey will not be completed
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on March 28, 2020 - 12:32pm

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hockey, which were postponed indefinitely on March 12, are now cancelled due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. 

It is anticipated that schools will not be able to reopen for many weeks, which prevents interscholastic athletics from taking place.

The start of the OHSAA’s spring sports of softball, lacrosse, baseball, track and field and boys tennis is still postponed, which coincides with schools not being open. 

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Ohio House passes bill extending primary election voting to April 27

And, school testing, tax filing deadline, and scholarships
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2020 - 11:52am

Coronavirus-Response Package Signed Into Law

 Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 197, cosponsored by State Rep. Haraz N. Ghanbari (R-Perrysburg), into law Friday.

The legislation addresses a variety of challenges and impacts to state law as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The emergency legislation passed under House Bill 197 addressed many issues, including:

- Testing & Accountability – Eliminates state-mandated K-12 student assessments for the 2019-20 school year.

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And, now for something completely different

The Icon brings you "Weird Bluffton Scavenger Hunt"
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 27, 2020 - 3:33pm

And now for something completely different: Weird Bluffton Scavenger Hunt.

Bluffton may be small, but we’re generous, collaborative, and hard-working. We’re also weird, and proud of it. And, we have Ron Headings to thank for creating a distraction that you might find worthwhile.

(We've even provided a hint at the bottom of this story)

Read on:

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