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Meet lifeguard Cobie Mikesell

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 14, 2014 - 1:48am

Cobie Mikesell is part of the busy staff of managers and lifeguards at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool. Stay tuned to the Icon for daily photos of staff members.

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Here's Mustard Seed Cafe's weekend features

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2014 - 9:53pm

In addition to Mustard Seed’s regular menu on Friday and Saturday nights, the following features are available this weekend:

Dinner: White fish with rhubarb compote and crème over couscous with fresh mint and almonds

Filet mignon with cabernet crème and smoked gouda over fettuccini

Light plate: Fromage with roasted beet, arugula and baguette

Dessert: Red velvet cake with coconut crème cheese frosting and a dark chocolate ganache

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Bluffton photographer, Nicole Quick, has an artistic touch

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2014 - 5:47pm

Nicole Quick of Quick Photography, Bluffton, a new Icon advertiser, provided a selection of her photographs to share with Icon viewers.

Here's what she says about her work: "I feel that I give my all at every one of my photography sessions and I am very hard on myself when it comes to the end results of your portraits." 

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

Here focus includes senior high school portraits, families, children, newborn, maternity, couples, engagements and weddings.

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Willow Ridge earns five-star rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2014 - 5:26pm

The summer issue of "The Visioneer," is now available to Icon viewers. It is a publication of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio. To view the issue open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Following are some of the issue highlights:

In April the Ohio Department of Health conducted its first survey since Willow Ridge opened.

The purpose of these annual surveys is to ensure that the quality of care and the quality of life of the elders is provided for in a “homelike” environment.

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Why it's called a butterfly bush

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2014 - 5:09pm

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, common in many Bluffton backyards, enjoys the nectar of a butterfly bush on an August afternoon.

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Rachel Yoakam was a Bluffton High School graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on August 13, 2014 - 2:39pm

Rachel Mary Yoakam, 75, died Aug. 12, 2014, at 10:10 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, LIma. She was born June 29, 1939, in Lima to Carl and Edith Hartman DeVier who preceded her in death. On June 7, 1958, she married Gerald "Jerry" Yoakam and he survives in Lakeview.

She graduated from Bluffton High School. She was a homemaker and member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.   

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