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Busy Bluffton weekend with 90-year and 150-year anniversaries

Posted by Paula Scott on August 10, 2023 - 8:43am

Don’t touch that dial! Don’t leave town this weekend without first considering your Bluffton options including a street fair celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. John’s UCC and the introduction of Bluffton History Day.

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Join the Dillinger gang in a WANTED poster

Posted by Staff on August 9, 2023 - 9:37am

If you’ve ever needed a wanted poster with your photo on it, Saturday is your chance to fulfill this unusual dream.

One feature of Bluffton History Day on Saturday, Aug. 12, is the availability of a print-on-site Dillinger wanted poster with your photo printed on it.

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Butterfly buffet

Posted by Paula Scott on August 9, 2023 - 7:24am

(If our Googling is correct) this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is enjoying a buffet among the echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) of a Bluffton garden. The gorgeous creature fluttered away at first sight of our photographer, but fluttered back to enjoy a long drink.

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Busy Special Election day at the Bluffton polls

Posted by Paula Scott on August 9, 2023 - 7:17am

Issue 1 does not pass

The August 8 Special Election had a higher than expected turnout across the state of Ohio. The unofficial results, with a total of 3,059,440 votes cast, are a rejection of State Issue 1 “Elevating the Standards to Qualify for an Initiated Constitutional Amendment and to Pass a Constitutional Amendment.” Votes reported by the Ohio Secretary of State are:

YES - 1,315,346 - 42.99%
NO - 1,744,094 - 57.01%

Bluffton polling place manager Edna Conkling told the Icon that “it was very busy, very surprising. They did not expect us to have this many votes.” All Bluffton precincts had to have an additional supply of ballots provided.

After the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., Bluffton poll workers reported 1,069 in person votes plus 15 provisional votes.

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SCHS Heritage Center enters construction phase

Posted by Staff on August 9, 2023 - 6:17am

By Paula Scott

Watching a massive excavator dig the basement for the new Heritage Center at the Schumacher Homestead, the question soon arises, “how long did it take to dig a cellar by hand in the mid 1800s?” Soil sifts down from the moving bucket but it is also heavy with limestone chunks. The operator smiles and compares it to “taking apart a mountain.”

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Pirate girls tennis nipped in opener by Celina

Posted by Staff on August 8, 2023 - 12:38pm

By Cort Reynolds

CELINA–The Bluffton girls tennis team lost a 3-2 nailbiter at Celina in their season-opening match Monday afternoon, August 7.

Pirate ace Brooke Camper won easily in straight sets at first singles over Bulldog Isabelle Thobe.

The Bluffton duo of Leah Klinger and Hannah Nieman also triumphed handily at first doubles in two sets.

Celina captured the other two singles bouts and won the second doubles match in straight sets to win the overall match.

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