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June 2014 Weather Summary

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 2, 2014 - 7:35am

The month of June started and ended with a sizzle, according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

For a look at the month's high and lows and precipitation, open the attachement at the bottom of this story.

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Many special events planned for boys and girls at BFR

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 2, 2014 - 7:26am

The week of July 14 at BFR Sports & Fitness will include special day programs for girls and boys.

Monday, July 14 will be the 2nd Annual Super Hero Day for boys entering kindergarten through grade 3. The program will include lots of fun, imaginative play and lunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, July 16 will be the 6th annual Princess for a Day. Girls entering kindergarten through grade 3 will be pampered with a pedicure, hairstyle, make up, photo shoot and a fancy lunch all  between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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University Dean of students wins national award

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 2, 2014 - 7:17am

Dr. Julie DeGraw, vice president for student life and dean of students at Bluffton University, has been honored by the Association for Christians in Student Development (ACSD) for her promotion of diversity.

DeGraw, who has been at Bluffton since 2012, received the Jane Hideko Higa Multicultural Competency and Advancement Award from ACSD at its recent conference at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn.

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Bluffton University
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Stop and smell Ada's clustered bellflowers

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2014 - 11:11am

This week the Icon features flowers blooming in the Ada railroad depot park. You can't miss the park. It's on Ada's Main Street and is worth the trip from Bluffton. Stop and smell the clustered bellflowers (featured today). Also, pause and admire the bee balm, dianthus, gallarda, scabiosa, speedwell and lots of day lillies. Watch for more flowers to smell all week. These flowers are also featured on the Ada Icon this week.

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Arabella Nicole Bricker stillborn June 20

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 1, 2014 - 10:19am

Arabella Nicole Bricker was stillborn June 20, 2014, at Bluffton Hospital. She was the daughter of Jesse and Tara Marsh Bricker of Bluffton.  She is survived by a brother, Sebastian Bricker,  maternal grandparents, Pam and Cliff Marsh of Bluffton and paternal grandmother, Barbara Marino of Pittsburgh, Pa. 

She was preceded in death by her paternal great grandfather, Keith Bricker. There will be no public services.  Arrangements are through Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Obituaries
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Bluffton hosts 2014 Miss West Central Ohio Pageant

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 29, 2014 - 10:29pm

The 2014 Miss West Central Ohio Pageant Scholarship Program will take place in Bluffton this summer.

In recent years the event was held in Van Wert, but this year it will take place in Yoder Recital Hall on the Bluffton University campus. This year's pageant takes place on Saturday, Aug. 9.

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