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Quarry Farm invites you on a Saturday spring sparrow hike

Check out earliest spring wildflowers and see different sparrow species
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:56am

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm will  conduct a spring sparrow kike on Saturday, March 20, the first day of Spring 2021.

Beginning at 10 a.m., participants will look for the earliest spring wildflowers. As March 20 is also World Sparrow Day, hikers will see how many different species of sparrows can be spotted and submit our findings to ebird, one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects.

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Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:45am

By Amelia Alexander
As I promised in an earlier article, I’m writing an article about the growth mindset. In school, I learned about this mindset, and it has given me some perspective.  

This may be oversimplified, so be sure to take what I say with a grain of salt.  

There are two different mindsets. The growth mindset and the fixed mindset. These mindsets are based on our perception and response to failure and challenging tasks.

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Liquidation merchandise store open on Main Street, Ada

In former Reichert's storefront
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 11:33am

FROM ADA ICON - Ada’s newest business, Pallet Girls, opened recently in the former Reichert’s storefront at 111-113 S. Main St., Ada.

Owners Michelle Pierce and Shane Downing, lifelong Ada residents, have had a “soft” opening as merchandise continues to fill the store.

“We feature liquidation merchandise,” Michelle told the Icon. “Our merchandise is from major realtors including Target, Sam’s Club and Walmart.”

“We purchase pallets of items. Nearly 98 percent includes new items,” she said. “We may have some return items that have boxes open.”

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IRS extends tax due date for individuals to May 17

So, far, Ohio individual tax date remains April 15
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 10:54am

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced on March 17 that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.

Ohio tax date remains unchanged: While certain tax deadlines were extended for 2020, currently all Ohio tax return filings and payment due dates remain unchanged for 2021. Should this change, the Icon will announce it.

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John Ulrich Amstutz, an early entrepreneur

Our Swiss connection - part 18
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 18, 2021 - 6:38am

This is the 18th installment in this series. See the map of the Amstutz farm at the bottom of this story. Click here for the previous installment.

This column features one of the most interesting Bluffton-Pandora area Swiss immigrants, John Ulrich Amstutz, and this column is a continuation of last week's feature.

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How to charge for house calls at night

Dr. Howard Shelly took the advice of Dr. F.D. Rodabaugh on this matter
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 17, 2021 - 10:29pm

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The following is from an interview with the late Dr. Howard Shelly, M.D.
When I started to make house calls at night I asked Dr. Rodabaugh what he charged for a night house call.

He gave me his classic answer: Well, when the phone rings and it’s one in the morning I say to myself, I’m going to charge this guy thirty bucks.

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