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Jason Cox of Bluffton is the new Executive Director of Hilty Home, Pandora, according to Laura Voth, CEO of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio.

Cox has been serving as Executive Director of Oak Grove Healthcare Center, Deshler, for the past three years and has experience working with other long-term care facilities. 

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Stratton Auto Sales, 220 N. Main St., Bluffton, announces a $39.95 spring special, according to Amie Stratton.

The special provides:
• Oil change
• A/C inspection
• Tire rotation
• Under-carriage rinse

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To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the Bluffton Public Library is holding a coloring competition for youth ages 3 to 9.

Pick up a St. Patrick’s Day bookmark for the Youth Services desk or children’s activity center.

When your entry is completed place it in the rainbow box on the Youth Services Deck.

Bookmarkers will be displayed on the Youth Activity Room window and a winner will be announced on Monday, March 17.

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If birds can make expressions, this expression is "sour." In the March 12 snow The Icon photographed this robin on College Avenue.

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Note: Earlier this week The Icon announced the winners of Maple Crest's soup cook-off of March 6. This post includes photos not shown in the original story. Here, you'll see each of the competitors and a summary of the event.

Click here to read the list of winners.

We encourage viewers to open the "flip book" at the bottom of this story. It shows all the competitors. Please allow a moment for the photos to appear. 

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Betty Kathryn Wirt, 87, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 9:05 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

She was born on April 2, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pa., to William and Elizabeth (Hasson) Knox and they preceded her in death. On May 15, 1946 she married Merle E. Wirt and he died on November 1, 2010.

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