April 2024

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Bluffton High School has issued the following Honor Roll for the third quarter of the 2023-2024 school year:

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Community Shred Day, April 26

April is National Community Banking Month. It focuses on the many contributions community banks make to the areas they serve through local lending, employee volunteerism and personal service. 

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NOTE: As of April 5, the forecast for Monday afternoon is mostly sunny with a high near 71 degrees.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Icon has sifted through local and national resources to provide you with the following tips on what to expect when you’re in the “path of totality” of the total solar eclipse in the communities of Ada and Bluffton on Monday, April 8, 2024.

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Bluffton Elementary has issued the following 3rd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2023-2024 academic year.

ALL A Honor Roll

4th Grade: Abel Diffin, Isla Gordon-Hancock, Julia Knowlton, Makenna Lieb, Josephine Myers

5th Grade: Morgan Basinger, Natalie Basinger, Rose Burkholder, Emily Byers, Quinn Cupples, William Dailey, Claire Dukes, Kendall Emans, Malia Fought, Elijah Fry, Jonathan Gallant, Grant Gesler, Megan Goldsberry, Lydia Gratz, Gabriella Gremling, Gabriella Holmes, Henrietta Kaiser, Kinley Kill, Milena King, Zachary Lehmkuhle, Julianna Lewis, Averie Marquart, Mikah Miller, Kayla Mueller, Sage Music, Simon Phillips, Samuel Rinaldi, Bryce Sehlhorst, McKenna Stoner, Caroline Stratton, Cooper Tuttle, Isabella Whitta, Ellia Zink

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By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

As I was grocery shopping this week, an announcement came overhead about the new updated guidelines for the COVID-19 vaccines. After the announcement, a lady in the same aisle rolled her eyes and said, with obvious disdain, “Whoop-de-do.” 

I refrained from going into a pharmacist educational mode in the dairy aisle, but I wondered if she really understood what she was whoop-de-doing about.

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This month First National Bank of Pandora is hosting an event for first-time home buyers and realtors, Your Path to Homeownership-Unlocking the Doors to Your First Home.

WHEN: Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Bluffton Town Hall, 154 North Main Street – 3rd Floor.

The program will provide tips on purchasing a home and about potential roadblocks that may hinder the process. Snacks and drinks will be provided. It is designed for anyone looking to learn more about purchasing a home or realtors looking for information for prospective homebuyers.

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In 1961, humanity was consuming 74 percent of earth’s biocapacity. By 2012, the number had risen to 156 percent. During the annual Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University, Sarah Augustine discussed how overconsumption has brought us to the brink of global disaster while inviting a consideration of indigenous wisdom as the path toward faithful ecological solutions instead of the dominant economic and cultural systems responsible for the current crisis. 

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Announcement issued 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 3.

The Hardin County Sheriff's Office is actively seeking to determine the whereabouts of Michael Bolen age 66, of 304 Hunsicker St., McGuffey.  Mr Bolen was reported missing on Sunday evening by a family member who stated that Mr. Bolen was last heard from on Friday March 29. 

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UPDATED April 3.

The Kim Fischer Press Box at the Bluffton University Softball Field will be dedicated on Saturday, April 6. Community members are invited to a ribbon cutting and ceremonial pitch starting at 12:30 p.m. The dedication will be followed by a Beavers Softball doubleheader against the Defiance College Yellow Jackets starting at 1:00 p.m. 

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Born on June 18, 1943, Dennis Ray Altstaetter died of cancer on March 24, 2024 at the age of 80 in Three Links Care Center with Barb at his side.

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