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By Wendy Chappell-Dick

Clearly objects can hold memories for people. When we experience a momentous occasion, small souvenirs can bring back the memories of that time and place. The April 8 total eclipse will be a once-in-a-lifetime memory, and it is interesting to see what we will choose as our souvenirs. 

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Bluffton University’s Masterworks performance of French composer Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem” will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 14 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public with first-come, first-served seating.

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The 1843 Schumacher homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd, will be open on April 6 and 7 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Enjoy self-guided tours of the house, garden, workshop and barn. Activities include games, toys, candle making and cornhusk dolls. Open fire popcorn and lemonade will be served.

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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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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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