John "Jack" T. Hamel, 71, died May 5, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Jack was born April 1, 1950, in Lima to the late Harold and Jeanette (Ricker) Hamel. On Dec. 9, 1972, he married Rebecca Walls Hamel who survives.
Jack was a 1968 graduate of Ft. Jennings High School. He graduated from Nashville Auto & Diesel College and then he received his bachelor's degree in vocational education from the University of Toledo.
Your appearance on one of Bluffton’s nine pathways next week will be counted.
Don’t worry about it. It’s part of an annual “use count” of the Bluffton pathways, taking place from Monday through Sunday, May 10 to 16..
This is the 10th year for the annual May and September Bluffton Use pathway count.
Each year the study shows the use of the Bluffton paths has increased,” said Dick Ramseyer, president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation and chair of the Bluffton pathway board.
Babies will no longer be delivered at Bluffton Hospital.
Instead, labor and delivery services, which moved to Findlay in December due to the covid-19 pandemic, will remain in Findlay.
The announcement made today, May 7, from Blanchard Valley Health System follows:
Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will maintain the consolidation of labor and delivery services to the Findlay main campus. Bluffton Hospital labor and delivery services temporarily closed in December of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Make yourself aware of these issues, especially when the effects of the problem are more severe in other countries, especially as we are disproportionately responsible for the problem
By Amelia Alexander
Recently, a lovely person who reads my work on the Icon sent me a thoughtful article. While the article was written over a decade ago, it is still relevant. It tackles open discourse about overpopulation.
Kennedy Jordan knocked in 2 runs with a pair of hits • Sophie Bricker collected 2 hits and 2 RBI • Lauren Swartzlander contributed 2 hits and 1 run batted in
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Bluffton softball team upset Lima Central Catholic 10-5 in a non-league contest Thursday evening.
The Lady Pirates improved to 6-12 with their second straight win.
The Pirate girls scored one or two runs in six of the seven innings, plating at least once in every frame except the second.
Bluffton pushed across single runs in the first and seventh innings. The Pirate girls also scored twice in each of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth frames to extend the lead to 9-3.
By Cort Reynolds
LIMA - The visiting Bluffton tennis team nipped Lima Senior 3-2 Thursday evening.
Pirate senior Grant Klingler won his match at second singles 6-3, 6-0.
Pirate senior Thad Mittendorf also won handily at third singles by a 6-1, 6-0 count.
Bluffton sophomores Braeden Ackerman and Eli Wenger triumphed at second doubles 6-2, 6-3.
Pirate junior Luke Shadle lost at first singles after splitting the first two sets 3-6, 6-3. He then lost a 10-9 tiebreaker in lieu of playing a full thord set.
ONU HealthWise has COVID-19 vaccination appointment availability from 2-4 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, May 7) in Ada at ONU (King Horn Center). Registration is required. To register, visit https://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov.
AN ICON OPINION -
All politics is local, or so goes the phrase.
That’s so true here.
Watching Bluffton politics as we have since the 1970s several things come to mind.
• No one runs for mayor, council or school board when thing in the village and the school district appear to be operating smoothly.
• When chaos erupts suddenly the ballot is packed.
Case in point: In 2017 10 persons ran for 4 Bluffton council seats.
We recall an earlier mayoral election when 5 candidate were on the ballot.
