FROM ADA ICON – After a week-end long investigation the Ada Police Department charged Dekari Tyre Ese Powell of Ada and Mansfield with two counts of Aggravated Robbery, felonies of the 1st degree, for his part in the armed robbery of three persons in Ada on Thursday, Jan 3, according to Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief.
According to reports, three separate individuals known to Powell were approached separately and robbed at gun point of cash, electronics and drugs.
Mennonite Memorial Home will host a free, one-hour presentation on Parkinson’s Disease on Thursday, Jan, 31. from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. The presentation provides CEUs for social workers and nurses. The public is also welcome to attend.
Here are the most popular baby names of the Bluffton area, born at Bluffton Hospital this year. Of the nearly one hundred reported to the Icon, the top names were Grace for a girl, and Owen, for a boy.
The Dough Hook, 117 N. Main St., starts the new year with three chances to enroll in the next Creative Crockpot Cooking class, according to Marlena Ballinger.
Each class is from 6 to 8 p.m. and class options are:
• Wednesday, Jan. 9
• Wednesday, Jan. 16
• Thursday, Jan. 31
“Participants will learn skills while creating some delicious meals,” she said. “Each participant will receive one meal in the crockpot and then take home three meals that will be ready for your freezer.”
Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host “Unspeakable Time, Art and Activism” by Sana Musasama. The series features a collection of ceramic mixed-media pieces that pose an inquiry into the nature of violence and healing in women’s lives.
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library will hold its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2019 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2019.
Spiritual writer Christiana Peterson, will present “Searching for Koinonia: In Community with Mystics and Misfits,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Yoder Recital Hall.
A blogger and author, Peterson will share her experience of living in a Mennonite intentional community and being drawn to mystics such as St. Francis, Dorothy Day and Clare of Assisi. Peterson has a master’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in creative writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland.
By Mary Beth Brown
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Beyond MedSpa
Acne and post-acne scarring can be troublesome for teens and adults of all ages regardless of gender. Active acne can be influenced by certain medical conditions or as a result of individual processes. These may include excess oil production, bacteria and/or hair follicles clogged by oil and dead skin cells. It may also be influenced by excess activity of androgen hormones that are produced by both males and females.
Interstate 75 northbound near state Route 103 (Jefferson Street), Bluffton, will be restricted to one lane through the work zone Wednesday, Jan. 9, for guardrail and
The entrance ramp from state Route 103 (Jefferson Street) to Interstate 75 northbound will close the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 9, and is expected to reopen by the evening.
Traffic will be detoured onto state Route 103 and state Route 235 back to Interstate 75 northbound.
Bluffton Family Recreation's youth programming for Winter Session 2 starts Monday, Jan. 7, according to Daniel Tinch, BFR director. The session runs to Friday, Feb. 1.
