October 2018

Bluffton HS and Bluffton College graduate

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Ada May Cortner, 86, formerly of Bluffton, died Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in her home in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.

She was born May 29, 1932, in Bluffton, to Edna Steiner Oyer and Albert Oyer, who preceded her in death, along with two sisters, Magdalene M. Suter and Lois S. Glendening.

She was married to Carl W. Cortner, who also preceded her in death. She is survived by several cousins in the Bluffton area and by one daughter, Carla McGowan of Garland, Texas.

Ada May graduated from Bluffton High School in 1950 and from Bluffton College in 1954.

Under leadership of newly appointed director of choral activities

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Bluffton University will host a fall choral concert featuring the University Chorale and Camerata Singers at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.
 
You will enjoy listening to Bluffton’s premier choirs under the leadership of newly appointed director of choral activities, Dr. Bo Young Kang.
 
This event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.

Winner recieves a boquet of flowers from Town and Country

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Several persons have been nominated as Bluffton's sweetest person and the Icon continues to accept addition nominations.

Any Icon viewer can nominate Bluffton's sweetest person for Sweetest Day on Oct. 20.

One winner will be drawn from all nominations. The winner will receive a bouquet of flowers from Town and Country Flowers, 124 N. Main St., Bluffton.

To enter, send your nominee's name to: [email protected]. Please include your name in the e-mail.

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A possible lane obstsruction exists on West Elm Street today (Thursday, Oct. 11). The gas company is working on the street between Spring and Bentley Road.

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Bluffton was pushed in each set, but the Beavers downed rival Defiance College 3-0 on Oct. 10. The visitors improved to 12-10 overall and a perfect 4-0 in the Heartland Conference, while Defiance fell to 3-16 and 1-4 in the HCAC.

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Icon viewers:

Issue 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot does not just reduce sentences for non-violent drug crimes, it also shortens the amount of time spent in prison by 25% for almost all violent crimes.  

Thousands of criminals could be released early for Aggravated Murder (but not “murder,”) Aggravated Rape (but not “rape,”) Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, Felonious Assault, Aggravated Robbery, and every other horrific felony crime you can think of, due to its specific language.

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Freshman Bishop Williamson (West Liberty) collected Jacob Kiger's (Groveport) rocket off the crossbar and deposited into the back of the nest for his first collegiate goal just over two minutes into overtime, propelling Bluffton to its first Heartland Conference victory of the season.

The Beavers improved to 2-11 overall and 1-3 in the Heartland, while Earlham fell to 2-9 and 1-3 in the HCAC.

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New Vision Medical Laboratories, Lima, announces a new competitive price schedule for their outreach lab sites, including a Bluffton location, according to Georgianna McKissick.

“Although, we are affiliated with Mercy Health, we can process lab work from any provider. We also accept most insurances.” she said.
 
You can find our outreach lab draw sites in the following locations:

• Bluffton at Mercy-Health, Bluffton Family Medicine, 204 N. Main St.
PHONE: 419-996-5001

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Lori Thomas, DO, a gynecologist at Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), has achieved accreditation as a master surgeon of both minimally invasive gynecology and robotic surgery by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). This accreditation distinguishes Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology, a division of BVHS, from many other outpatient facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation.

Paolo DeMaria, superintendent of public instruction, Ohio Department of Education comes to Bluffton

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All photos by Jamie Nygaard
It's not every day that the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the Ohio Department of Education drops in for a visit.

After all, there are 3,600 public schools in the state and 1.6 million students in his care.

It happened yesterday (Oct. 9) as Paolo DeMaria visited Bluffton schools. Jamie Nygaard followed Supertendent DeMaria's visit. Accompanying the state superintendent was State Rep. Robert Cupp (4th district).

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