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Haunted Hike is a C-R High School-Kaleidoscope Farms collaboration

MT. CORY__Kaleidoscope Farms is partnering with the music department at Cory-Rawson High School for a first-ever haunted trail hike on Oct. 20 and 21 from 6-10 p.m. Students will provide their acting skills as the “ghosts” haunting a couple miles of wooded, spooky trails on the farm, with a portion of the proceeds going to fund the Cory-Rawson Music Boosters.

Visitors will have to find clues along the trails to solve a (fictional) century-old murder with origins in the Clymer Cemetery just down the road from the farm. They’ll have to hike the trails and find the ghosts to determine which natural poison growing on the farm was used to commit the crime and solve the Mystery of Clymers Passed.

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Dorothy (Beck) Couch was a teacher

Dorothy (Beck) Couch, 96, of Bluffton and formerly of Sandusky, OH, passed away peacefully early Wednesday evening, September 27, 2023, in the Bridge Hospice unit at Blanchard Valley Health Center, in Findlay, OH.

She was born on March 29, 1927, in Ravenna, OH the daughter of Hugh George and Georgia Mae (Werner) Beck. She graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor's degree in Education. Dorothy was a teacher in the Sandusky Public School System for nearly 35 years, retiring in 1985. Prior to Sandusky city, she had taught in Portage, Summit, Marion and Sandusky Counties.

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Human trafficking "Signs to Look For" program on October 10

The League of Women Voters of the Lima Area will hold an informational meeting on human trafficking “Signs to Look For” on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Shawnee United Methodist Church, 2600 Zurmehly Road.

The guest speaker will be Brittany Reyes from Crime Victim Services. This meeting is open to the public.

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Pirate boys soccer beats Lancers, clinch 9th straight NWC crown

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School boys soccer team beat Lincolnview 3-1 in a Northwest Conference championship showdown match Monday night, October 2, at Steinmetz Field.

Bluffton improved to 4-0 in league play and won the title with their 42nd straight conference triumph without a loss. The Pirates are 5-7-2 overall after the win.

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Pirate volleyball sweeps Patriots

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School volleyball team swept Patrick Henry in a non-conference road match Monday evening, October 2.

The Pirates won 25-18, 25-23, 25-16 to improve to 14-4 overall and snap a two-match losing skid.

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Memories of Iwo Jima, memories of music

This is the second installment in a series by Icon columnist Bill Herr, who previously wrote about local sports history.

By Bill Herr
Icon columnist

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