My husband and I have noticed lately that a lot of people seem to be using Maple Grove Cemetary as a dog park. There have been several instances where we have gone out there and have seen people walking their dogs or just letting them run freely.
We have also witnessed someone letting their dog run around urinating on headstones while the owner just walked around talking on their cell phone.
How do Ohio counties measure up on access to healthy foods, obesity rates, teen births, education, and single parent families, and how are these factors linked to health?
The third County Health Rankings is now available and will allow residents look at how healthy Allen County is, see what factors affect their health, and compare Allen County to others in Ohio.
The Icon apologizes for mis-information provided about reported plans to raise the wooden floating swimming pool from the depths of the Buckeye (Click here for that story, read by over 675 viewers).
Allow us to draw your attention to the bottom right side of our home page. There you'll see The Icon's most recent addition to our regular features. Thanks to a program called "Issuu" we are able to present material in a booklet or magazine format.
Earlier you may have noticed our posting of "Explore Bluffton." That was our first venture into this new feature.
At the moment, you'll see what we titled "The colors of spring in Bluffton, Ohio." It's a book, or magazine on the web featuring photos of Bluffton in full bloom.
A jogger with an iPod or a family walking a dog may be regularly seen in Bluffton-not "college students walking back to campus drunk after hitting the bars."
I would know. I am a senior at Bluffton University and have called it home for three years now. Majoring in English and Writing, it was hard for me to read such a biased story in Friday's Lima News.
The words and assumptions that were published in the article about a Bluffton student assault were hurtful to the university and community.
Just when you think you've seen it all, The Icon adds something new. Check out the "Icon Publications" at the bottom right of our homepage.
Earlier this spring you viewed Explore Bluffton, a 36-page booklet, called the Bluffton visitor's guide.
We've posted a new booklet for you titled "Icon Book of Spring Blooms, 2012." This new feature enables The Icon to create an online magazine that viewers are able to "turn the pages."
