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Celebrating a Bluffton Christmas

Posted by Staff on December 22, 2023 - 7:39am

By Paula Pyzik Scott
Bluffton Icon owner-editor

When Christmas decorations start appearing after Halloween, I’m apt to feel a little Scrooge-ish. “Bah humbug!” When Christmas music starts to play downtown, I ping-pong between the two camps that exist in town: sometimes I love it and sometimes I wish I could pull the cord.

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James Robert Reichley worked for Cooper Tire

Posted by Staff on December 22, 2023 - 6:00am

James Robert Reichley, 66, of rural Rawson passed away at Blanchard Valley Hospital on December 17, 2023. He was born in Bluffton, OH on November 2, 1957 to the late Robert and Irene (Rettig) Reichley. He married Debra Moneer on October 16, 2004 and she survives.

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Troopers urge sober driving this Christmas

Posted by Staff on December 22, 2023 - 6:00am

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive sober this Christmas. In an effort to reduce fatal and injury crashes, troopers will focus on removing impaired drivers from our roadways from Friday, December 22 through Monday, December 25.

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Crossroads Crisis Center seeks Safe Exchange Center location

Posted by Staff on December 22, 2023 - 6:00am

Crossroads Crisis Center plans to open a Safe Exchange Center for the residents of Allen County in 2024.

For domestic violence survivors, leaving the abusive relationship doesn’t always end the abuse. Post-separation abuse continues to impact survivors long after the relationship ends.

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Peanut Brittle still available at Senior Center

Posted by Paula Scott on December 22, 2023 - 6:00am

Selling peanut brittle has been a major fundraiser for the Bluffton Senior Center since the early 1970s and 2023 is no exception. For five Mondays in October and November, over 30 volunteers gathered to make this delicious holiday treat.

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Serving congregation members in a nursing home

Posted by Paula Scott on December 22, 2023 - 6:00am

Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.

By Bill Herr

This article is written especially for preachers. I’m certain that one responsibility of a pastor is to bring spiritual nourishment to every member of the congregation. Providing this means the pastor is responsible not only to those that attend worship services, but also to church members that are not able to leave their homes due to aging or health issues, and also to members residing in elderly care institutions.

My uncle lived in a nursing home in his later years.  He was a veteran of WWII, a father of four fine kids, a good man who was not given to talking much. I used to visit him on Sunday afternoons and we would watch NFL football games together. He had been shot by a sniper in the Philippines during the war and came home to recover in a Veterans’ hospital. He was given drugs and became addicted to them. Being divorced and not having a home, his brother, my father, invited him to live with us. He helped us farm and became clean from the addiction.  

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