August 2020

Bluffton Family Rec ends summer and gets fall planning underway

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• Club BFR after school program
• Virtual 5K
• Adult co-ed volleyball
• Final week of summer camp

Bluffton Family Recreation is busy concluding summer programming while getting ready for the fall. Here's what coming:

Club BFR
This after-school program is for 5 to 12-year-olds and takes place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Busing from the elementary to BFR is part of the program. The cost is $40 for members and $80 for non-members. A youth’s one-month membership is $20.

More Allen County residents have been doing their part to help stop the spread of COVID-1

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Governor Mike DeWine announced Thursday, August 13, that Allen County has moved to Orange Level 2 Alert. Allen County currently meets the following two indicators:

•  New cases per capita (over 50/100,000)
•  Proportion of cases not in a congregate setting

In addition to the indicators Allen County’s per capita case rate dropped to 96.73 cases/100,000, below the benchmark of 100/100,000 that kept Allen County in Red Level 3 Alert last week.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ALLEN COUNTY

Updated grid schedule with NWC tourney • BHS opens season hosting Grove

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The all-NWC season schedule is attached as is a tournament playoff bracket.

By Cort Reynolds
 The Northwest Conference athletic directors met Wednesday and came up with a unique new season schedule and tournament in response to the pandemic.

The previous schedule with non-league games to start out with has been totally scrapped. For 2020, the NWC has been split into two divisons, East and West, with a short three-game pool play schedule preceding a league tournament that will guarantee each school three more games.

She was a graduate of Bluffton High School

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Jane Ann Kinsinger, 71, died Aug. 12, 202, at Bluffton Hospital. Jane was born July 27, 1949, in Bluffton to Orville and Naomi (Shrider) Basinger. On Aug. 12, 1966, she married Mark Kinsinger and he survives.  

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The following businesses and organizations donated digital programs, prizes or incentives, or other means of support for this year's digital summer program. Bluffton Public Library sends them our heartfelt thanks!

Several new listings posted on the Icons

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Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons.

Check either Icon Classified Ad pages at: 
www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds

If you are looking for something out of the norm, this beautiful meditation on love and memory will satisfy

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Reviewed by Wilson
Oscar-winning oddball screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is set to debut his newest film I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS on Netflix in September, so I thought now would be as good a time as any to revisit what I believe is his best work: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (also streaming on Netflix).

Kenny Lovett leads BHS with 81

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By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - The Bluffton golf team finished eighth in the 14-team Wildcat Invitational at the Stone Ridge Golf Club Wednesday in Bowling Green.

Pettisville won the event with 318 strokes, followed by Margaretta in a distant second (340) and host Woodmore (344) in third. The Pirates totaled 367 strokes to edge Toledo Christian by one shot for eighth place.     

Kenny Lovett led the Pirates with an 18-hole score of 40-41=81. He finished strongly in a tie for eighth place amid the 81-player field.

So far, 13 garage sales posted on the Icons

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It’s Lincoln Highway Buy Way weekend.

The Icons have 13 garage sales posted, as of Thursday morning, and the number continues to grow.

To view garage sale listings click here or visit the Icon’s Classified Ad page. To post a garage sale send it to [email protected]. All garage sales are free and are posted on both Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon.

Garage sales are also posted on the Icon’s printer-friendly garage sale map.

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The Blanchard Valley Health System Auxiliary recently awarded ten $1,000.00 scholarships to students in the Hancock County area, interested in pursuing a health-related career. The 2020 Hospital Auxiliary scholarship winners include: 

Claire Eiden (Ottawa-Glandorf High School), University of Toledo, 

Abigail Hatch (Liberty Benton High School),  University of Findlay, 

Lilly Hodson (Findlay High School), Ohio State University, 

Allison Kennard (Findlay High School), Ohio State University, 

Chloe Kin (Liberty Benton High School),  Ohio State University, 

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