Fortman Insurances Services, 115 N. Main St., Bluffton is relocating to 138 N. Main St.
With a home office in Ottawa, the agency opened a Bluffton office in July of 2011, which now has four licensed agents.
Its Bluffton phone number will remain 419-358-4600, as will its hours: Mondays through Fridays 8 a.m. to 5. p.m. and evenings and weekends by appointment.
This is the final installment in this series.
Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Bluffton community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.
As a weekly series, The Icon has featured the art created by John Peter Klassen, a long-time Bluffton College art professor.
For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience.
Natilee Grover ’21, a Bible and theology major from Dayton, describes the search for her perfect major as a “rollercoaster ride.”
And while she can imagine herself in 50 different vocations, she is prepared for whatever the future holds.
“I feel very at peace with where I could possibly go on my career path,” explained Grover. “Mostly, I would like to have a career that takes me in a direction where I am spreading a reflection of love and empathy to others.”
Jerry L. Kiracofe, 77, died Sept. 2, 2020, at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Jerry was born April 25, 1943, in Lima to the late Francis and June (Mowery) Kiracofe. On Jan. 7, 1967 he married Judy Cheney Kiracofe who survives.
Jerry graduated from Bath High School and then served in the U. S. Navy for four years. He was a member of the Pleasant View United Church of the Brethren in Lima. Jerry owned and operated many businesses in the area and retired from B.P. Chemical where he was an electrician after 34 years.
This column is provided by the ONU HealthWise Pharmacy.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a saliva test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 infection.
This approval was granted to the Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test.
By Malary McBride, APRN-CNP
Certifed Nurse Practitioner
Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology
September is Sexual Health Awareness Month.
Did you know that one in two sexually active persons will contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI) by age 25? However, this is not the only age group affected by STIs. STIs affect people of all ages and backgrounds.
As Bluffton becomes a more friendly bicycle village, more incentives become available to encourage bike use here.
The most recent is the creation of 17 bicycle parking spaces to be installed this fall along the Main Street business district.
The bike racks come as a result of a $5,000 grant from the Allen County Health Department’s "Creating Healthy Communities.”
Those 17 parking spaces are planned for:
• Town hall (3 spaces)
• Presbyterian alley (4)
• Edward Jones alley on North Main (5)
• Book ReViews alley (5)
Bluffton High School boys' soccer team is ranked number 1 in the first Northwest Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association poll of the season for Division III schools. To view each of division rankings scroll to the bottom of this story.
“There is some evidence from the 1918 pandemic that the places that had more efforts to shut down controlled the virus better. They also recovered from an economic standpoint more rapidly.”
Dr. Jonathan Andreas, Howard Raid professor of business and professor of economics, provided insight into the economic collapse and emerging, yet still uncertain, rebound of the last six months during Bluffton University’s first Colloquium presentation of the year titled, “The Economics of COVID.”
Using unemployment data, polls from economists and graphs charting changes in GDP, Andreas wove together a picture of a recession that evolved more quickly than one ever experienced in the United States.
Edward W. Hummon, 73, died Sept. 3, 2020 at his residence. Edward was born Sept. 30, 1946, in Lima to the late Edmund and Dorothy (Ferrall) Hummon. On Aug. 15, 1989 he married Ann Frost Hummon and she survives.
Edward graduated from Cory-Rawson High School. He was lifetime farmer and raised hogs for many years. Edward enjoyed tractor pulling, crop tours with his grandchildren and building projects. In the 1980s his hog farm was a test facility for solar energy with the Ohio State University.
