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Weather alert: Potential heavy rains today

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 18, 2021 - 9:41am

This is a Nixel alert from the Bluffton Police Department.

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And, the winning caption entries...

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 3:38pm

Andy Chappell-Dick and Jane Inniger are winners in this "write a caption for this photo" contest. 

Andy's caption wins a 1-item, 14-inch Padrone's Pizza:
   "Fun first day, but I forgot my lunch box."

Jane's caption wins a $10 Shirley's Popcorn gift certificate:
   "I can't seem to find my ski poles to help me get around, so I'm glad the Allen Co RTA  is available now!"

Watch for the next Icon contest posted when you least expect it.

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Iconoclast View
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Russell Dearth was a former LaFayette mayor

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 2:13pm

Russell E. Dearth, 87, died on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at 8:40 p.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

He was born on March 15, 1934, in Ada, to the late Jasper Earl and Aezelda B. (Robnolte) Dearth.  On June 6, 1959, Russell married Karen J. Amstutz and she survives in LaFayette.

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Obituaries
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Heavy chrome, gas guzzlers, and cars your parents and grandparents drove

Wheels returns to Main Street Friday - cruise at 8 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:38pm

After a one-year cancellation, Bluffton Festival of Wheels returns to Main Street on Friday.

Vehicle registration for the 53rd annual Bluffton Festival of Wheels is underway according to Dan Diller, festival director. The show is sponsored by the Bluffton Lions Club.

This year’s festival is Friday, June 18, in downtown Bluffton. Registration is from 2 to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Vehicle judging is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 p.m.

The traditional cruise along Main Street starts at 8 p.m.

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Events
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Preparing to fly the coop

Little Riley Creek Farm's chickens test ingenuity of 5 ONU engineering seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:32pm

FROM ONU FACEBOOK - In three years of engineering courses at Ohio Northern University, Anne Major’s professors continually stressed the importance of seeing things firsthand.

And then, one pleasant fall evening her senior year, sitting on a lawn chair in the middle of a rural Bluffton farm field watching chickens enter a coop at sunset, Major got it. Because, quite frankly, the chickens weren’t behaving at all how she’d expected.

Major was observing chicken behavior for her senior engineering capstone project.

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Business
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Preparing to fly the coop

Little Riley Creek Farm's chickens test ingenuity of 5 ONU engineering seniors
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 17, 2021 - 1:32pm

FROM ONU FACEBOOK - In three years of engineering courses at Ohio Northern University, Anne Major’s professors continually stressed the importance of seeing things firsthand.

And then, one pleasant fall evening her senior year, sitting on a lawn chair in the middle of a rural Bluffton farm field watching chickens enter a coop at sunset, Major got it. Because, quite frankly, the chickens weren’t behaving at all how she’d expected.

Major was observing chicken behavior for her senior engineering capstone project.

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Business
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