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Everything you need to know about the Blaze of Lights - right here

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2012 - 10:48pm

 

The Blaze of Lights is more than just a one-day event. In addition to the events taking place on Nov. 24, it includes these elements that continue nightly through Jan. 1:
  • the Ream folk art holiday display
  • the Gift of Giving light show extravaganza
  • Bluffton Main Street business district Christmas window displays
  • a tour of Bluffton’s residential yard lighting

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Bluffton Hospital wins national patient satisfaction award for fourth consecutive year

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2012 - 10:46am

Bluffton Hospital has been named one of only 44 inpatient hospitals in the United States, and one of only six hospitals in Ohio, to receive the 2012 Press Ganey Summit Award for patient satisfaction. Bluffton is the only non-profit critical access acute care hospital in the nation to have received this award for four consecutive years.

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Looking at Bluffton's dromedary in the eye

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 16, 2012 - 9:48am

Once a year a camel appears on the lawn of the Bluffton Post Office. Although the dromedary is better known for desert climes, Bluffton's camel is a Christmas camel. On the home page is a close up of the camel's eye.

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Yeah, that's frost on the ground in the morning

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 14, 2012 - 8:26pm

Here's the seven-day report for November from Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.

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Twins!

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 14, 2012 - 2:34pm

We'll simply guess on this one...the driver is a twin born on Feb. 25. What do you think? It's an Allen County plate. The Icon saw this earlier this month in Bluffton.

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What happens when the outdoors comes indoors...COSI comes to Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 14, 2012 - 1:28pm

The outdoors came inside at Bluffton Elementary.

WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

COSI (Center of Science and Industry) brought its traveling program Exploring Ecology on Nov. 14. This interactive program stimulates the imaginations of the next generation of scientists.

Exploring Ecology is one of six traveling science outreach programs from COSI- one of the nation’s leading science centers.

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