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Join Matt Motes, Information Technologist for the SEO Library Center on the lower level of our library for another round of Group Tech Courses

Bluffton Public Library will host Matt Motes, Information Technologist for the Serving Every Ohioan Library Center, for another set of tech lessons on the evening of Tuesday, September 11th

Would you like to learn more about Microsoft Word?  Have you wondered if your computer is secure? Want to learn what "the Cloud" really is? Make sure to register for one, two, or all three of the following sessions: 

The Quarry Farm, nature preserve and conservation farm in rural Pandora, has several programs planned this fall, including a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Oct. 6.

The preserve is located at 14321 Road 7L, rural Pandora.

Its fall newsletter is attached. 

Citizens National Bank celebrates Customer Appreciation Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at the Bluffton office, 102 S. Main St.  

Free shredded pork or bratwurst sandwiches, chips and ice cream will be served. Attendees may enter to win a variety of door prizes.

The bank hosts this annual event as a way to show appreciation for its customers. “We really enjoy the chance to mingle with our customers at this event each year,” says Steve Ritter, Bluffton city executive.

Leland and Connie (Brauen) Crouse of Ada will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30.

The open house is at Crimson Lane, 4600 County Road 1, Ada. The couple was married on Sept. 29, 1968, at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton. They request no gifts.

Some day soon, this guy will become a swallowtail butterfly. The Icon photographed this caterpillar feeding on a parlsey plant in Bluffton.

For pedestrian, jogger and biker safety

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It's an eight-foot wide, 0.9 mile lane for pedestrians and biker on Bentley Road between Augsburger and the bridge near Kibler Street.

Village employees painted a third lane on the road on Tuesday morning.

The Lions Way Bentley path connects to the previously constructed Augsburger path. And, the pathway continues along Kibler Street connecting to Lions Way Parkview pathway, exiting at Main Street.

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