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Wanted: Volunteers to help make 100 cloth gowns

MHCO has the fabric on order for Small and Medium sizes
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 8, 2020 - 3:31pm

Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio invites volunteers to join a cloth gown-making project, according to Chris Moser.

“We have already been blessed with some help in this process, but would like to make another 100 gowns,” Moser told the Icon. 

Volunteers need to know that the required fabric is already ordered. It will arrive soon.

“If you are willing to cut fabric into pieces, or arrange cut pieces, cuffs and ties into kits, or sew the gown with a surger, please contact us,” said Moser.

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13 ducklings on Little Riley

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 8, 2020 - 10:37am

The Icon finally succeeded in capturing the LIttle Riley Creek ducklings in one photo – we count 13 following their mother.

This photo was taken from the bridge on Bentley Road looking toward the university, in case you'd like to see them in person. They perform in that location daily.

Below is our attempt to photograph them earlier in the week. At that point the hadn't learned the parade formation demonstrated in today's photo.

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Let's fly over Little Riley Creek

Bill Suter takes us on a journey few have experienced
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2020 - 1:16pm

Update – The links now work - thanks for your patience.

• Click here for Bill Suter's video flying over Little Riley Creek.

Three years ago the Icon posted a video created by Bill Suter on his journey flying over Big Riley Creek from Bluffton to Pandora.

Suter returns with this encore video showing Little Riley. It was created about a month ago, just before threes started to obscure the creek. 

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93 teddy bears in Bluffton windows

You can still find them on the Icon's map
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2020 - 10:02am

CLICK HERE to view the Icon's teddy bear map - featuring 93 locations. 

Teddy bears in Bluffton reacted to last month's nationwide craze of parking themselves in windows so that young children could look for them while riding in vehicles with their parents.

According to the Icon's count, 93 teddy bears participated in this project. Additional stuffed animals joined the fun including owls, llamas and even a beaver.

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Rhodes State Police Academy accepting applications

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on May 7, 2020 - 6:00am

The Rhodes State Police Academy is accepting applications for its Fall full-time Academy. 

Academy classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 17, and will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday with some Saturday and Sunday sessions ending in mid-January. 

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Bluffton schools will not conclude 2019-20 school year early

Closing early goes against ODE advice
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 6, 2020 - 4:46pm

Bluffton schools will not conclude the 2019-20 school year early, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent.

In a letter to parents and students posted on the school website, Denecker writes that some schools are ending the school year early, but not Bluffton. 

He states that decisions such as these (ending the school year early) are directly against what the Ohio Department of Education has advised schools to do with their academic calendars.

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