September 2023

Join the Putnam County District Libraries for storytime on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. in Pandora.

On Tuesday, October 10, there will be a special Eclipse Pizza Storytime. Participants will receive solar glasses (while supplies last).

The Pandora-Riley Township library is located at 118 E Main St, Pandora, OH 45877. Phone: (419) 384-3232

The Ada Herald has announced that it is one of eight community newspapers that has been sold by Delphos Herald Inc. to CherryRoad Media, a subsidiary of the New Jersey-based CherryRoad Technologies. 

The sale also includes the Delphos Herald, Van Wert Times Bulletin, the Putnam County Sentinel, the Paulding Progress and the Putnam County Vidette, as well as the associated printing facility.

Check out the Icon's Community Calendar for events near you.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

11-12:00 p.m. Constitution Day Lecture, Yoder Recital Hall, College Rd.

1-2:00 p.m. Dulcimers, Senior Citizens Center, 132 N Main St.

3-4:00 p.m. Social Hour, Senior Citizens Center, 132 N Main St.

5:30-6:30 p.m. TOPS St John's UCC, 223 W College Ave.

A Celebration of Life for Deborah “Debb” Herr who passed away August 10, 2023 will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton. 

Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until time of the service at the funeral home. 

Mildred “Millie” (Schutz) Lugibihl, 88, died on September 10, 2023 at Willow Ridge-Betty House, Bluffton.  She was born in Putnam County on March 27, 1935, to Albert and Irene (Cherry) Schutz.  She lived nearly all her life on the family farm.

The Bluffton School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 18 in the Elementary School Media Center, 102 S. Jackson St.

The agenda includes contracts, assignment, resignation, & etc. items:

  • Resignation of Debra Sprunger
  • Classified contract with Sharlene Anderson as an educational aide
  • 18 substitute teacher agreements
  • Supplemental contracts for positions assisting the High School Student Senate and Boys Soccer team

A report from the Apollo Career Center is also on the agenda.

Blanchard Valley Health System is a diverse environment, where associates come from varied backgrounds. Recently, a four-legged associate named Pace joined the team in order to relieve the stress within the health system. 

Pace is a golden retriever/goldendoodle mix who will turn four later this fall. She is a facility dog and the working partner of Michael Cifranic, MSN, RN, a nursing recruitment and retention specialist.

Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host the art exhibit “A Line is a Point” by Kathleen Pahl, from September 25-Oct. 22, 2023.

Using color, organic forms and lines, Pahl explores the complex intersections of life and death and our relationship with the unknowable.

The exhibit, featuring oil on canvas paintings, is free and open to the public. Gallery hours in the Sauder Visual Arts Center are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

A reception for the artist will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21 with an artist talk scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.

Arts at Bluffton events are made possible due to generous support from donors including David Bertsche ’57 and James ’83 and Rhonda (Louis ’84) Fox.

Project nears fundraising goal of $90K

By Paula Scott

Allen County Children Services will present an informational program on Kinship/Relative Care at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., on Tuesday, September 26. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. 

Register for this program at the library by Sep. 22. For additional information or to register, call the Bluffton Public Library at 419-358-5016.

Are you raising a grandchild, other relative, or friend's child in your home? Find out what resources and support are available with Allen County Children Services.

Organizers note, “Kinship care represents the most desirable temporary or permanent out-of-home placement option for children who cannot live with their parents. It offers family preservation and the greatest level of stability by allowing children to maintain their sense of belonging, and enhances their ability to identify with their family's culture and traditions.”

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